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          The essay offers an overview of the life, career, and accomplishments of Saint Benedict Biscop, a seventh-century.

          Benedict Biscop (c..

          Benedict Biscop

          Benedict Biscop (c. 628 – 690), also known as Biscop Baducing, was an Anglo-Saxonabbot and founder of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory (where he also founded the famous library) and was considered a saint after his death.

          It has been suggested that Baducing appears as Biscop Beding the son of Beda Bubbing, King of Mercia in the Lyndsey/Lindfearnan lists of geneaologies held by the Anglian Collection and great-grandfather of Alfred The Great.[4]

          Life

          Early career

          Benedict, born of a noble Northumbrian family, was for a time a thegn of King Oswiu of Bernicia[5] (r. 642–670) At the age of 25 (c.

          653) Benedict made the first of his five trips to Rome, accompanying his friend Saint Wilfrid the Elder.

          He made a fourth journey to Rome in to receive instructions in monastic practices, and in he built on land granted to him by King Ecgfrith of.

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          6. However Wilfrid was detained in Lyonen route. Benedict completed the journey on his own, and when he returned to England was "full of fervour and enthusiasm ... for the good of the English Church".[6]

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