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As a young boy, he grew up as a Christian boy. Then his parents sent him to be taught in Rome. He grew up with wild and drunk students but he still prayed and stuff. He was the Father of the Monastic Communities in the west.

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St. Benedict of Nursia was a monk, he was never ordained a priest. See his life at the link below.

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