RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Benedict Biscop

628 - 690

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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) and was considered a saint after his death. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benedict Biscop is the 2,086th most popular religious figure (up from 2,118th in 2019), the 2,491st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,465th in 2019) and the 66th most popular British Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Benedict Biscop ranks 2,086 out of 3,187. Before him are Giovanni de' Medici, Pacian, Eudoxius of Antioch, Aram I, Bertha of Kent, and Laura Montoya. After him are Qadi Iyad, Eugenio Dal Corso, Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Paul Cremona, and Berthold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 628, Benedict Biscop ranks 3. Before him are Emperor Gaozong of Tang, and Princess Wencheng.  Among people deceased in 690, Benedict Biscop ranks 4. Before him are Batbayan, Paul of Aegina, and Julian of Toledo. After him are Theodore of Tarsus, and Al-Bara' ibn Azib.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Benedict Biscop ranks 2,492 out of 8,785. Before him are Andrew Moray (1265), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), Ken Annakin (1914), J. F. C. Fuller (1878), Dion Fortune (1890), and Geraldine James (1950). After him are Frederick Holman (1885), Jane Asher (1946), Roger Bannister (1929), Colin Groves (1942), Sadiq Khan (1970), and Alfred Ewing (1855).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Benedict Biscop ranks 66. Before him are Thomas Byles (1870), Carlo Acutis (1991), Cuthbert (635), Richard of Chichester (1197), Joseph Butler (1692), and Agnes Baden-Powell (1858). After him are Roger Deakins (1949), Charles Wesley (1707), Jonathan Sacks (1948), Willehad (735), Asser (900), and George Cruikshank (1792).

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