Saint Benedict: The Story of the Father of the Western Monks

Mary Fabyan Windeatt presents the powerful story of the famous life and
miracles of St. Benedict for the Vision Book series of saints for
youth. Known as the Father of Western Monasticism, St. Benedict played
a major role in the Christinization and civilization of post-Roman
Europe in the sixth century. Having lived in an era of great immorality
and vice, Benedict founded an order for monks whose strong life of
prayer and work helped convert the godless society around them. It
tells how his Benedictine order of monks spread throughout Europe and
the New World. The heroic life of his sister St. Scholastica, his
saving a boy from drowning, raising one from the dead, and the story of
poisoned wine are all told in this exciting, dramatic tale of a great
saint.