. "0584-01-15Z"^^ . "First disciple of St. Benedict of Nursia" . "0512Z"^^ . "Saint Maurus, O.S.B."@en . . "Saint Maurus, O.S.B. (or Maur), was the first disciple of St. Benedict of Nursia (512-584). He is mentioned in St. Gregory the Great's biography of the latter as the first oblate; offered to the monastery by his noble Roman parents as a young boy to be brought up in the monastic life. Four stories involving Maurus recounted by Gregory formed a pattern for the ideal formation of a Benedictine monk. The most famous of these involved St."@en . "Maurus"@en . "0584Z"^^ . "0512-01-01Z"^^ .