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The Great Cloud of Witnesses

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St. Benedict of Palermo

St. Benedict is sometimes known as St. Benedict the Moor as he was a black slave who is patron of African-Americans. The name Moor is from the Italian word for “black.” Benedict was born a slave near Messina, Italy. Freed, he became a hermit at Montepellegrino, eventually becoming superior of a large group of recluses.  When these hermits were disbanded by Pope Pius VI,...
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