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title: "St. Benedict of Aniane: Feast Day February 11 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-benedict-of-aniane/
description: "St. Benedict of Aniane, Abbot. Remembered on February 11, died c. 821. Read their life in Bless."
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Abbot · Remembered on February 11

# St. Benedict of Aniane

St. Benedict of Aniane is remembered on February 11 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [February 11](https://blessbible.app/saints/february/#11) |
| Title | Abbot |
| Died | c. 821 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Thursday, February 11, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-benedict-of-aniane/#calendar) |

## Life

A Frankish courtier who left Charlemagne’s service for the cloister and became the second father of Benedictine life, reforming the empire’s monasteries under one observance and compiling every monastic rule known to him into a single great codex.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Benedict of Aniane. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Thursday, February 11, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/02/11/) | Thursday after Ash Wednesday | Violet | Deuteronomy 30:15-20 · Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 · Matthew 4:17 · Luke 9:22-25 |
| [Friday, February 11, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/02/11/) | Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | 1 Kings 11:29-32; 12:19 · Psalm 81:10-11ab, 12-13, 14-15 · See Acts 16:14b · Mark 7:31-37 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[February 10 St. Scholastica](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-scholastica/) [February 12 St. Meletius of Antioch](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-meletius-of-antioch/)

[All the saints of February](https://blessbible.app/saints/february/) [Born on February 11?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#02-11) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Benedict of Aniane

Remembered on February 11

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-benedict-of-aniane/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-benedict-of-aniane/#calendar)

In the app

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