Benedict of Nursia
Saint Benedict of Nursia was the founder of the Benedictine order.  He was born around 480, in Nursia (in Perugia, north of Rome), and died on the 24th of March 547, in Montecassino, about  south of Rome.  Around 521, he founded the monastery at Montecassino which became the first Benedictine abbey.  He established specific guidelines of conduct, known as the "Rule of Saint Benedict, for the monks.