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Saint Benedict The Black
Saint Benedict The Black

Saint Benedict The Black

Also known as: Benedict of Palermo; Benedict of San Philadelphio; Benedict of Sanfratello; Benedict the African; Benedict the Moor; Benedetto il Moro

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

April 4

Canonized

24 May 1807 by Pope Pius VIII

Beatified

15 May 1743 by Pope Benedict XIV

Biography

Saint Benedict The Black, also known as Benedict of Palermo, Benedict of San Philadelphio, Benedict of Sanfratello, Benedict the African, Benedict the Moor, and Benedetto il Moro, was born in 1526 in Messina, Italy, on the estate of Chevalier de Lanza a San Fratello. His parents, Christopher and Diana, were slaves who had been brought from Africa to Sicily....