46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946 'Idleness is the enemy of the soul'
Author Biography
Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 AD - 543 AD) founded twelve monasteries, the best known of which was his first monastery at Monte Cassino in Italy. Benedict wrote a set of rules governing his monks, the Rule of Saint Benedict, one of the more influential documents in Western Civilization. Benedict was canonized a saint in 1220.
