Benedict Biscop
Anglo-Saxon abbot
b. c. 628 · d. 12 Jan 690
Benedict Biscop, also known as Biscop Baducing, was an Anglo-Saxon abbot and founder of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory. Following his death, he was canonized as a saint.
Related people
- Bede teacher of · traditional
Commemorated
Places
- Kingdom of Northumbria birth
- Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
Memberships
- Wearmouth-Jarrow Founder