Who was benedict of nursia?
a. a pope who encouraged the monastic movement throughout europe
b. the first monk of the christian church
c. the founder of the benedictine rule that spread monasticism through europe
d. a benedictine monk who lightened the monks' workload

C. the founder of the Benedictine rule that helped spread monasticism through Europe  

Explanation:

Saint Benedict of Nursia, Nursia was the author of the Benedictine religious community at Monte Cassino and father of Western asceticism; the standard that he set up turned into the standard for devout living all through Europe.

In 1964, in perspective on crafted by priests following the Benedictine Rule in the proselytizing and human progress of such a significant number of European nations in the Middle Ages, Pope Paul VI declared him the patron saint of all Europe.