Saint Benedict of Sebaste
Also known as
- Benedict of Poitiers
- Benedict of Quincay
Profile
Bishop of Sebaste, Samaria. During the persecutions of Julian the Apostate, Benedict fled to Gaul. Hermit near Poitiers, France where he attracted so many would-be students that the monastery later known as Saint Benedict of Quincay grew up around his hermitage.
- c.654
MLA Citation
- “Saint Benedict of Sebaste“. CatholicSaints.Info. 6 June 2018. Web. 25 April 2024. <>