# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benedict-of-skalka
# Generated: 2026-08-15T16:31:27.713Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benedict-of-skalka"
name: "Benedict of Skalka"
slug: "benedict-of-skalka"
description: "Benedict of Skalka or Szkalka, born in Nitra, in the Grand Principality of Hungary, was a Benedictine monk. He was canonized in 1083 and is venerated as a saint. He became a hermit and lived an austere life in a cave along the Váh River. In 1012, he was strangled to death by a group of robbers searching for treasure."
tagline: "Slavic saint from the Kingdom of Hungary"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zoerard_Benedikt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1000"
deathDate: "1012"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.61
  momentum:             4.077669902912622
  historical:           7.483730666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82_%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Бенедикт Пустельник"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt%2C_poustevn%C3%ADk_na_Skalce"
    title: "Benedikt, poustevník na Skalce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_of_Skalka"
    title: "Benedict of Skalka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikto_de_Skalka"
    title: "Benedikto de Skalka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_iz_Skalke"
    title: "Benedikt iz Skalke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoborhegyi_Szent_Benedek"
    title: "Zoborhegyi Szent Benedek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Awi%C4%99ty_Benedykt_(m%C4%99czennik)"
    title: "Święty Benedykt (męczennik)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82_%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Бенедикт Пустынник"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_pustovn%C3%ADk"
    title: "Benedikt pustovník"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q832638"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump