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|SaintName=Saint Benedict of Aniane | |SaintName=Saint Benedict of Aniane | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=February 11 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Maguelone, Languedoc, Kingdom of the Franks (now France) | |SaintBirthPlace=Maguelone, Languedoc, Kingdom of the Franks (now France) | ||
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|DeathPlace=Aniane, Languedoc, Kingdom of the Franks (now France) | |DeathPlace=Aniane, Languedoc, Kingdom of the Franks (now France) | ||
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| | |AssociatedCountries=France; Germany | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of Montpellier]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|Canonizer=Early Church | |Canonizer=Early Church | ||
|Profession=Courtier; monk; abbot; reformer | |Profession=Courtier; monk; abbot; reformer | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Benedictines | |ReligiousAffiliation=Benedictines | ||
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|Attributes=Benedictine habit; book of the Rule | |Attributes=Benedictine habit; book of the Rule | ||
|PrimaryShrine=Aniane Abbey ruins, Aniane, France | |PrimaryShrine=Aniane Abbey ruins, Aniane, France | ||
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'''Saint Benedict of Aniane''' (c. 747 – 11 February 821), also known as '''Witiza''' in secular life and '''the Second Benedict''', was a Frankish nobleman and Benedictine abbot who became the leading monastic reformer of the Carolingian Renaissance, standardizing observance of the Rule of Saint Benedict across the Frankish Empire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Benedict of Aniane |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02467a.htm |website=New Advent |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> According to contemporary biographies and Carolingian chronicles, born Witiza to Aigulf, Count of Maguelone, in southern Gaul, Benedict served as cupbearer to King Pepin the Short before experiencing a conversion around 772 at age 25, withdrawing to Saint-Seine Abbey and founding Aniane Abbey in 782 with strict Benedictine discipline.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Benedict of Aniane |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=941 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> Invited to the court of Charlemagne in 814, he led reforms at the Council of Aachen, establishing uniformity in liturgy, fasting, and monastic practices that influenced Cluniac and later reforms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Benedict of Aniane |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_of_Aniane |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> | '''Saint Benedict of Aniane''' (c. 747 – 11 February 821), also known as '''Witiza''' in secular life and '''the Second Benedict''', was a Frankish nobleman and Benedictine abbot who became the leading monastic reformer of the Carolingian Renaissance, standardizing observance of the Rule of Saint Benedict across the Frankish Empire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Benedict of Aniane |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02467a.htm |website=New Advent |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> According to contemporary biographies and Carolingian chronicles, born Witiza to Aigulf, Count of Maguelone, in southern Gaul, Benedict served as cupbearer to King Pepin the Short before experiencing a conversion around 772 at age 25, withdrawing to Saint-Seine Abbey and founding Aniane Abbey in 782 with strict Benedictine discipline.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Benedict of Aniane |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=941 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> Invited to the court of Charlemagne in 814, he led reforms at the Council of Aachen, establishing uniformity in liturgy, fasting, and monastic practices that influenced Cluniac and later reforms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Benedict of Aniane |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_of_Aniane |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-15}}</ref> | ||