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Benedict Biscop, St

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Benedict Biscop, St (?628–89). During visits to Rome he collected and brought back many volumes and relics. He founded (in 674) the monastery of St Peter at the mouth of the River Wear. After this he founded the sister monastery of St Paul at Jarrow. He is regarded as one of the originators of the artistic and literary development of Northumbria in the next century, celebrated by Bede in his Lives of the Abbots.

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Benedict Biscop, St

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Benedict Biscop, St (c.628–689/90), monk. Of noble Northumbrian ancestry, he became a monk at Lérins in 666. In 669 he accompanied Abp. Theodore to Canterbury. In 674 he founded the monastery of St Peter at Wearmouth and in 682 that of St Paul at Jarrow. He visited Rome five times and promoted Roman chant and liturgical practice. Feast day, 12 Jan.

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