Chapel in St Benedict's, Subiciao, Italy
The Monastery of St Benedict's is located South East of Rome. It enshrines the cave (Sacro Speco) in which St. Benedict lived as a hermit before he founded his first monastic community. It was also the site of the first books printed in Italy, Donatus pro parvulis, Lactantius (1465) and De Civitate Dei (1467)
Picture No
10989444
Media ID
47626139
Size
3479px x 4741px
(3.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Illustration in Italy by Frank Fox - opposite p36
Date
1918
