The body of S. Benedict was carried by S. Aigulf, monk of the abbey of Fleury, from Monte Cassino, which had been ruined by the Lombards, into France, to his own monastery. This translation took place on July 11th, and is commemorated in all the monasteries of France on that day. Another solemnity, called the Illation, has been instituted in honour of the transfer of the same relics from Orleans, whither they had been conveyed, from fear of the Normans, back again to Fleury-sur-Loire. In 1838, the bishop of Orleans resolved on sending the relics to the Benedictine abbey of Solesmes, in the diocese of Le Mans, but the project met with so great opposition that he contented himself with sending only the skull to Solesmes. The reliquary which was opened in 1805, by Mgr. Bernier, bishop of Orleans, was found to contain, together with the bones, several papal bulls authenticating the relics. It is, however, necessary to add that the abbey of Monte Cassino claims to possess the body of S. Benedict, and adduces a bull of pope Urban II., declaring anathema against all who deny the authenticity of that body. It is possible that if the relics in both places were examined carefully, it would be found that the portions missing in one place would be found in the other. It is certain that S. Odilo of Cluny sent one of the bones of S. Benedict to Monte Cassino out of France, in the 11th cent., and that it was received there with great joy, so that the monks there cannot have possessed the body at that date. In Art, S. Benedict is represented with his finger on his lip, as enjoining silence, and with his rule in his hand, or with the first words of that rule, "Ausculta, O fili!" issuing from his lips, and with a discipline, _i.e._ a scourge, or a rose bush at his side, or holding a broken goblet in his hand. [Illustration: Saint giving benediction] March 22. S. PAUL, _B. of Narbonne, 3rd or 4th cent._ S. APHRODISIUS, _B. of Beziers, 3rd or 4th cent._ SS. CALLINICA AND BASILISSA, _MM. in Galatia, circ._ A.D. 252. SS. SATURNINUS AND IX. COMPANIONS, _MM. in Africa_. S. BASIL, _P.M. at Ancyra_, A.D. 363. S. LEA, _W. at Rome, circ._ A.D. 383. S. DEOGRATIAS, _B. of Carthage, circ._ A.D. 456. SS. HERLINDA AND REINILDA, _V.V. Abss. at Maeseyck, in Belgium, 8th cent._ S. BENVENUTUS, _B. of Osimo, in the Marches of Ancona_, A.D. 1276. S. EELKO LIAUKMAN,_ Ab. of Lidlom, in Holland_, A.D.. 1332. B. THOMAS OF LANCASTER, _M. at Pontefract_, A.D. 1321. S. KATHARINE OF SWEDEN, _V. daughter of S. Bridget_, A.D. 1381. B. NICOLAS VON DER FLUE, _H. at Sachseln, in Switzerland_, A.D. 1487. S. PAUL, B. OF NARBONNE. (3RD OR 4TH CENT.) [Ancient Martyrology of S. Jerome; Gallican & Roman Martyrologies.]