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...Rome's licentiousness shocked him as it was to shock Martin Luther ten centuries later. St. Benedict fled into the bleak wastes of the Abruzzi. Later he went to the ruins of Nero's villa near Anzio. In the rocks opposite the ruins he found a cave, where he lived forgotten by the crumbling world...
Austerity in Solitude. In this cave St. Benedict spent three years in solitary prayers, meditation and austerity. He dressed in the skins of the wild animals that once more began to multiply in Italy. Shepherds first coming upon St. Benedict mistook him for a wild beast. He preached to them, performed miracles, converted them to Christianity...
...monks of the local monastery begged St. Benedict to become their abbot. But they were dissolute, and when he tried to discipline them, they tried to poison him. He returned to his cave. But disciples followed...
Sergeant Howard D. Pratt of Spokane, Wash, lost his way, entered a cave, met two German soldiers. Hand grenade ready, he asked the way back. They told him. On second thought, he ordered them to come along as guides. At once, 19 other Germans emerged, surrendered, returned with Sergeant Howard...
Friendly Place. In the cave, when Commissioner Huxtable saw it last month, were some old rifles, a bullet mold, a saddle, an ornate chair which had been a gift to Lobengula from Queen Victoria. A skull and a few cracked bones were all that jackals and hyenas had left of Lobengula. Of treasure there was no sign. Then & there, Huxtable proclaimed the cave a national monument...