more than one occasion.”20 In his Dialogues, Gregory relates incidents in which Benedict cast evil spirits out of certain individuals. On one occasion, an evil spirit entered one of the monks and threw him to the ground in a violent convulsion. When Benedict saw what was happening, he struck the man on the cheek. The evil spirit immediately left and never returned.21 Benedict was also endowed with the revelation gifts of the Holy Spirit and the gift of prophecy. He often described to his colleagues