Drawing from the second volume of Pope Gregory the Great's four-book Dialogues, Butcher, a scholar of ancient Christianity, makes St. Benedict accessible to all. By using imagined dialogue that may have occurred between him and others, she brings St. Benedict to life. A saint who sacrificed wealth in search of a life pleasing to God, he lived in a cave for three years and later founded many monasteries in Italy where the Benedict Rule was formed. The book also includes a chronology of his life, a summary of his Rule, and an appendix describing a day in the life of a monk.
