Saint Maurus

Who they were

Maurus was brought as a boy by his father to St Benedict at Subiaco around 500 and became one of his most trusted disciples. St Gregory the Great tells that when the young monk Placid was drowning in a river, Benedict sent Maurus, who ran, pulled him out by the hair, and only on the bank realised he had walked on the water.

When Benedict left Subiaco, Maurus stayed on, then joined him at Monte Cassino and later became abbot.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: Maurus has been honoured as a saint since the early Middle Ages. The wonders told of him come from St Gregory's Dialogues and were never formally examined.

Why that counted as sanctity

Maurus was the disciple of perfect obedience, who ran to do what his abbot asked without a moment's thought for himself.

Connected on this site

• Benedict of Nursia Saint Teacher
  “Saint Maurus (French: Maur; Italian: Mauro) (512–584) was a Benedictine monk best known as the first disciple of Benedict of Nursia.” — Wikipedia