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St. Benedict Biscop, abbot of Wearmouth (689-690) Commemorated on January 12 He came from a noble Northumbrian family in Britain, and was
tonsured a monk in 653 at Lerins in Gaul. In 669 he was made Abbot of the
Monastery of Saints Peter and Paul in Canterbury. He traveled to Rome in 671 to
be instructed in monastic practice according to the Rule of
Saint Benedict (of Nursia). Returning to Northumbria he established
two new monasteries, the first to follow St Benedict's Rule
in the British Isles. He went to Rome once again in 678-679, this time bringing
back the archcantor of St Peter's, who taught the monks of St Benedict's
monasteries the chant and liturgical practices used in Rome. |
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