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Benedict Biscop
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Benedict Biscop (bĭs`kəp), c.628–690, English monk. He founded the monasteries of Wearmouth (at Sunderland) and Jarrow, and he was abbot of St. Peter's, Canterbury. Bede Bede, Saint , or Baeda , 673?–735, English historian, a Benedictine monk, called the Venerable Bede. He spent his whole life at the monasteries of Wearmouth (at Sunderland) and Jarrow and became probably the most learned man in Western
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The founding father of Sunderland, Saint Benedict Biscop, is to be formally adopted as patron saint of the city today.
 
 
 
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