Saint Benedict: Episode One

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Benedict - Episode One: Leavetakings Italy, 480 A.D. The Roman Empire has fallen. As Barbarians invade from all sides, Roman-Christian culture disintegrates. One family sends its only son to Rome in hopes of giving him a classical educatio…

Saint Benedict: Episode Two

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Benedict - Episode Two: On the Road Mired in a vicious culture, Benedict quits school and leaves Rome against his father’s wishes. With his old nurse, Cirilla, he searches the Italian countryside for a quiet place to seek God. But his newf…

Saint Benedict: Episode Three

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Benedict - Episode Three: Wild Man As news of the miracle spreads, Benedict flees the crowds. He finds refuge in a remote and secluded cave. With animal skins to keep warm, and bread lowered from the monastery above, Benedict survives in t…

Saint Benedict: Episode Four

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️ Saint Benedict - Episode Four: The Poison Cup As the reluctant new abbot of the Monastery of Vicovera, Benedict is shocked at his monks’ laziness and lack of self-control. He proposes new rules to them and a holy way of life, but the monks have …

Saint Benedict: Episode Five

🏔️ The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage 🗺️Saint Benedict - Episode Five: Another Leavetaking The monastery at Subiaco has flourished for 10 years. But a local priest grows jealous of Benedict’s growing reputation. As Benedict and his monks build a community of faith, Father Florentius wi…