Benedict Biscop
Benedict Biscop (c. 628 – 690), also known as Biscop Baducing, was an Anglo-Saxon abbot and founder of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory (where he also founded the famous library) and was considered a saint after his death.
Saint Benedict Biscop Biscop Baducing | |
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Saint Benedict Biscop | |
| Born | c. 628 Northumbria |
| Died | 12 January 690 St Peter's, Wearmouth (Sunderland) |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Church of England Orthodox Church |
| Major shrine | Wearmouth 690 – c. 980; translated c. 980 from there to Thorney Abbey (Glastonbury Abbey also claims his relics) |
| Feast | 12 January (Anglican & Catholic) |
| Patronage | English Benedictines, musicians, painters, and (since 24 March 2004) the City of Sunderland St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy in Northumberland |
Baducing has been suggested to appear 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.
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