Benedict Biscop
Saint Benedict Biscop Biscop Baducing | |
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| Born | c. 628 Northumbria |
| Died | 12 January 690 St Peter's, Wearmouth (Sunderland) |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church Church of England Eastern 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 |
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). Following his death, he was canonized as a saint.
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.