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Benedict, Biscop

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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An Anglo-Saxon monk, born in Northumbria; made two pilgrimages to Rome; assumed the tonsure as a Benedictine monk in Provence; returned to England and founded two monasteries on the Tyne, one at Wearmouth and another at Jarrow, making them seats of learning; b . 628.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Benedict, Biscop'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/benedict-biscop.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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