St. Benedict of Nursia
Founder of Western monasticism and Patriarch of Monks. His vision of the whole world gathered in a single ray of light is recorded by Gregory the Great.
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
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Chapter V: On the Dispositions Required for This Study
— Praying at a window, saw a light greater than day in which the whole world was gathered; saw the soul of Germanus of Capua carried to heaven
"the Blessed Benedict, praying one evening at a window, saw a light so great"