Blessed Benincasa of Cava
Profile
Benedictine monk. Abbot of La Cava, Salerno, Italy from 1171 to 1194. Helped found a new monastery at Monreale, Sicily, sending a hundred monks to staff it.
- 10 January 1194 of natural causes
- buried in the crypt of La Cava Abbey
- relics to the Chapel of the Fathers at the monastery on 20 October 1675
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Benincasa of Cava“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 April 2020. Web. 25 May 2020. <>