Subiaco, Italy

This Monday morning we journeyed to Subiaco to visit the historical site of St. Benedict. There are two monasteries there at the present time. St. Benedict monastery and the monastery which Benedict founded - the monastery of St. Scholastica. One of the Benedictine monks gave us a tour of St. Benedict monastery taking us at different levels of the monastery; they are beautiful mosaics from the 12th and 14th centuries depicting the life of Christ, Blessed Mother and scenes from the life of Benedict. We celebrated Mass in the lower chapel and visited the Sacro Speco - the Holy Grotto where St. Benedict spent three years in prayer and solitude.