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Benedict Biscop

Benedictus Biscop la

Anglo-Saxon abbot

  • Dated c. 628 CE – 12 January 690 CE
  • Recognised as Saint
  • Also called Biscop Baducing

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Roles and affiliation

Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.

Teachers and students

Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.

Benedict Biscop Anglo-Saxon abbot
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