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Bonitus (abbot)

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Saint
Bonitus
of Monte Cassino
O.S.B.
Abbot
Died 582
Italy
Honored in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Feast July 7

Bonitus of Monte Cassino (died c. 582) was a Benedictine monk and the fourth abbot of the monastery of Monte Cassino. During his abbacy the monastery was plundered by the Lombards[1] under Zotto of Benevento and Bonitus fled with his monks to the Lateran Hill in Rome, dying shortly afterwards.

He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and his feast day is July 7.[1]

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