A translation of the biography written by Pope Gregory the Great, this official biography is also known as the Second Book of Dialogues. It is the earliest and thus the most valuable biography of St. Benedict.

Table of Contents:
Contents   1.  The mending of a broken tray   2   2.  The saint overcomes a temptation of the flesh   7   3.  A glass pitcher is shattered by the sign of the Cross   9   4.  A monk is cured of wandering about during prayer   16   5.  At the saint's word water streams down the mountainside   18   6.  An iron blade is miraculously recovered from the water   19   7.  One of Benedict's disciples walks on the water   20   8.  A raven carries off a poisoned load of brad   22   9.  A heavy rock is lightened by the saint's prayer   29 10.  Benedict's disciples imagine the kitchen is on fire   29 11.  A young monk is crushed under a wall and then restored to life   30 12.  Some monks disobey the Rule by eating outside the monastery   31 13.  Valentinian's brother is guilty of a similar offense   32 14.  King Totila's trickery fails   34 15.  The saint's prophecy about King Totila   36 16.  A cleric is freed from an evil spirit   38 17.  Benedict foretells the destruction of his monastery   43 18.  The saint is aware in spirit that a flask of wine has been stolen   44 19.  A monk accepts some handkerchiefs as a present   45 20.  The man of God reads a young monk's proud thoughts   46 21.  A generous supply of flour is discovered in front of the abbey during a famine   47 22.  Two monks learn in a vision how they are to build their monastery   49 23.  After death two nuns are freed from ex-communication through the saint's offertory gift   51 24.  A young monk whose body could not rest in its grave   55 25.  A dragon blocks a dissatisfied monk's departure from the abbey   56 26.  The cure of a leper   57 27.  The miraculous discovery of some money saves an unfortunate debtor   57 28.  A glass vessel strikes against the rocks without breaking   58 29.  An empty cask overflows with oil   60 30.  A monk is freed from an evil spirit   60 31.  A glance from the saint sets a captive free   62 32.  A dead boy is raised to life   64 33.  Scholastic's miracle   67 34.  Benedict sees the soul of his sister on its way to heaven   69 35.  The whole world is gathered up before the saint's eyes, and he beholds the soul of Bishop Germanus   70 36.  The Monastic Rule he wrote   74 37.  Benedict's disciples are forewarned of his death   74 38.  A woman is cured of insanity by stopping at the saint's cave   76