Career
Saint Benedict became a monk at the Saint Hippolytus Monastery on Mount Zobor near Nyitra (today: Nitra in Slovakia) in the late 10th or early 11th century. Andrew died in 1009 (or 1030 or 1034), but Benedict continued to live in the cave for three years until he was strangled to death in 1012 (1033 or 1037) by a gang of thieves looking for treasure. The thieves dumped his body in the Vah River, but his body was found perfectly preserved a year later.
In 1083 his relics were translated to the Saint Emmeram"s Cathedral in Nitra where they remain to this day.
A biography of Saint Benedict and Saint Andrew was written by Saint Maurus, Bishop of Pécs. Saint Benedict is venerated especially in Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland, but also in the United States.
His feast day is 1 May, but in some calendars he is venerated together with Saint Andrew on 13 June or 17 July.
