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Venerable Benedict Biscop

Also known as Biscop Baducing

Founder of the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, who brought books and craftsmen from the Continent.

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Born c. 628; reposed 690, Wearmouth.

Sources: OrthodoxWiki; OCA Synaxarion (oca.org)