RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Maurus

512 - 587

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Maurus, OSB (French: Maur; Italian: Mauro) (512–584) was an Italian Catholic monk best known as the first disciple of Benedict of Nursia. He is mentioned in Gregory the Great's biography of the latter as the first oblate, offered to the monastery by his noble Roman parents as a young boy to be brought up in the monastic life. Four stories involving Maurus recounted by Gregory formed a pattern for the ideal formation of a Benedictine monk. The most famous of these involved Maurus's rescue of Placidus, a younger boy offered to Benedict at the same time as Maurus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Maurus is the 892nd most popular religious figure (down from 824th in 2019), the 1,178th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,151st in 2019) and the 293rd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Saint Maurus is most famous for being the patron saint of blacksmiths.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Maurus ranks 892 out of 3,187. Before him are Timothy M. Dolan, Georg Ratzinger, Stanislaus Kostka, Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Leonard of Noblac, and Ibn Qutaybah. After him are Avvakum, Caesar Baronius, Robert de Sorbon, Apollinaris of Laodicea, Zeno of Verona, and Agostino Casaroli.

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Among people born in 512, Saint Maurus ranks 2. Before him is Eutychius of Constantinople. After him is Saint David. Among people deceased in 587, Saint Maurus ranks 3. Before him are Varāhamihira, and Radegund. After him are Emperor Yōmei, and Æscwine of Essex.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Saint Maurus ranks 1,178 out of 5,161. Before him are Alfredo Ferrari (1932), Lucio Dalla (1943), Andrea Luchesi (1741), Maurizio Sarri (1959), Saverio Mercadante (1795), and Catherine of Valois–Courtenay (1301). After him are Sergio Corbucci (1926), Caesar Baronius (1538), William III of Sicily (1185), Salvatore Schillaci (1964), Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1498), and Francesco Morosini (1619).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Saint Maurus ranks 293. Before him are Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901), Melania the Younger (383), Renato Martino (1932), Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850), Peter of Verona (1206), and Carlo Maria Martini (1927). After him are Caesar Baronius (1538), Agostino Casaroli (1914), Antipope Nicholas V (1260), Alessandro Valignano (1539), Giuseppe Bertello (1942), and Anthony Maria Zaccaria (1502).

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