Staint Benedict of Nursia lived in the sixth century and was a hermit and a recluse, yet he drew flocks of admiring monkish followers. Still, no contemporary painted his portrait and we have no specific description of his features. As with most early medieval figures, it has fallen to later artists and their imaginations to provide us with images of Benedict. He is almost always depicted as gentle, wise and fatherly.
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