Saints Placid and Maur were the first Benedictine Oblates. St. Placid was a toddler and St. Maur was an adolescent when their parents, both Roman nobles, offered them. They are mentioned in St. Gregory's life of St. Benedict.
St. Maur performed several miracles, such as running across the surface of a lake to save St. Placid from drowning. There is a legend that in 543, St. Maur was sent to France and established the monastery of Glanfeuil in Anjou in western France. It is now thought that Abbot Maurus of Glanfeuil is a different person.
The Congregation of St. Maur took its name from him.
St. Placid accompanied St. Benedict to Monte Cassino. St. Placid's father may have been the one to have given St. Benedict the land on which the current abbey of Monte Cassino stands. Nothing more is known of St. Placid's life.
St. Maur performed several miracles, such as running across the surface of a lake to save St. Placid from drowning. There is a legend that in 543, St. Maur was sent to France and established the monastery of Glanfeuil in Anjou in western France. It is now thought that Abbot Maurus of Glanfeuil is a different person.
The Congregation of St. Maur took its name from him.
St. Placid accompanied St. Benedict to Monte Cassino. St. Placid's father may have been the one to have given St. Benedict the land on which the current abbey of Monte Cassino stands. Nothing more is known of St. Placid's life.