St. Benedict and his twin sister, St. Scholastica, were born of noble Roman parents in Norcia, Italy about 480 A.D.  At the age of Seventeen Benedict was sent to Rome to study Philosophy and law, as was the custom of noble families those days. But the political turmoil and the sinful pagan environment made his life unhappy.  Concerned about his eternal salvation and wanting nothing more than “to seek God” he fled from Rome and reached Subiaco a rocky, rugged region where he found a cave to live in silence and prayer.
Shepherds and neighbouring monks eventually found out about the holy youth, and his fame as a “man of God” Spread. Then at the request of monks from the nearby monastery reluctantly he became their Abbot. The monks soon rejected him because he would not yield to their lack of discipline.  They tried to get rid of him by poisoning the wine he was about to drink at table. Seeing their bad will Benedict went back to Subiaco there he founded twelve monasteries each governed by an abbot.
In the course of his years at Subiaco too he had to face opposition. Now he Moved to Monte Cassino together with Placid and Maurus. There also he established a community of monks, “under a rule and an abbot” with gospel as their guide. It is there Benedict made his final copy of the Rule that is universally admired for its wisdom and reasonableness.  since then he was known as the “Patriarch of Western Monks” That is how Monte Cassino Became known as “the cradle of the Benedictine Order”.