Biography
Born to the nobility, the son of Equitius, a senator, and Giulia. Disciple of Saint Benedict of Nursia at age 12. Studied with Saint Placid. Deacon. Benedictine monk. Assisted Saint Benedict at Subiaco, Italy, and at Monte Cassino in 528. Founder and abbot of the abbey at Glanfeuil, France in 543; it was later renamed for him. Could heal by prayer, and there are multiple stories of him bringing the dead back to life. At the moment of the death of Saint Benedict, Maurus received a vision of his old teacher travelling a street that led to heaven. Born: 512 in Rome, Italy Died: • 15 January 584 of natural causes • relics re-discovered in 845 • relics transferred to St-Pierre-des-Fosses in 868 to avoid Norman invaders • relics interred in the church of St-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, France • relics destroyed in 1793 during the anti-Catholic excesses of the French Revolution