# Life of St Benedict, Scene 13: Benedict Frees a Monk [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SODOMA, Il]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary Scene 13 of the cycle on the life of St Benedict depicts Benedict freeing a monk who has been possessed by whipping him. In a number of scenes Benedict is required to be stern with his weaker brothers, either because they have become possessed by demons \(Scene 13\) or because they have given in to their cravings \(Scene 25\). ## Related artworks - [Allegory of Celestial Love]() - [Benedict Presents the Olivetan Monks with His Rule]() - [Cupid in a Landscape]() - [Deposition from the Cross \(detail\)]() - [Deposition from the Cross]() - [Ecce Homo]() - [Flagellation of Christ]() - [Life of St Benedict, Scene 1: Benedict Leaves His Parent's House]() - [Life of St Benedict, Scene 11: Benedict Founds Twelve Monasteries]() - [Life of St Benedict, Scene 12: Benedict Receives Maurus and Placidus \(detail\)]() - [Life of St Benedict, Scene 12: Benedict Receives Maurus and Placidus]() - [Life of St Benedict, Scene 15: Benedict Fishes the Pieces of a Broken Ax \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()