# Life of St Benedict, Scene 23: Benedict Drives the Devil out of a Stone [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SIGNORELLI, Luca]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary Scene 23 of the cycle on the life of St Benedict depicts Benedict driving the devil out of a stone. Some scenes of the cycle depicts the range of tasks that had to be accomplished to maintain the monastery's self-sufficiency. Among these are the erection of churches and other buildings in accordance with the founder's precepts - often delayed by interference from the archenemy Satan. The Evil One is omnipresent: in this scene he makes a stone so heavy that the monks are unable to raise it until Benedict comes to their aid. ## Related artworks - [Apocalypse \(detail\)]() - [Apocalypse \(detail\)]() - [Apocalypse \(detail\)]() - [Apocalypse \(detail\)]() - [Apocalypse \(detail\)]() - [Apocalypse]() - [Cappellina dei Corpi Santi]() - [Ceiling Frescoes in the Chapel of San Brizio]() - [Choir of Patriarchs]() - [Christ and the Doubting Thomas]() - [Claudian]() - [Communion of the Apostles \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()