Benedict of Skalka or Szkalka, born in Nitra, in the Grand Principality of Hungary, was a Benedictine monk. He was canonized in 1083 and is venerated as a saint. He became a hermit and lived an austere life in a cave along the Váh River. In 1012, he was strangled to death by a group of robbers searching for treasure.

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• Sailors of the Váh River
• Diocese of Nitra
• Diocese of Tarnów
• St. Andrew Abbey in Cleveland
• Ss. Andrew & Benedict in Detroit

1012

Canonized

1083 or 1085

Pope Gregory VII

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