Editing Benedict Biscop (section)

===Early career===
Benedict, born of a noble [[Northumbria]]n family, was for a time a [[thegn]] of King [[Oswiu of Northumbria|Oswiu of Bernicia]]<ref>''HAbb'', I; Blair, p. 155. ''Biscop'', while unusual, is not a unique Northumbrian byname. Blair notes the possibility that, given the proximity of Benedict's birth and King [[Edwin of Deira]]'s conversion, some unusual circumstances his birth, or perhaps baptism, may account for this byname.</ref> ({{reign | 642 | 670}}) At the age of 25 ({{circa}} 653) Benedict made the first of his five trips to Rome, accompanying his friend [[Wilfrid|Saint Wilfrid the Elder]]. However Wilfrid was detained in [[Lyon]] ''en route''. Benedict completed the journey on his own, and when he returned to England was "full of fervour and enthusiasm ... for the good of the English Church".<ref>[http://www.britannia.com/bios/saints/benedictbiscop.html St. Benedict Biscop (AD 628–689)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729112418/http://www.britannia.com/bios/saints/benedictbiscop.html |date=29 July 2014 }}. An edition of Gibson, E.C.S., ''Northumbrian Saints'', S.P.C.K., 1884. Britannia.com. Retrieved on 26 May 2008.</ref>

Benedict made a second journey to Rome twelve years later. [[Alchfrith of Deira]], a son of King Oswiu, intended to accompany him, but the king refused to grant permission. On this trip Biscop met [[Acca of Hexham|Acca]]<!-- Born circa 660 --> and [[Wilfrid]]. On his return journey to England Benedict stopped at [[Lérins Abbey|Lérins]], a monastic island off the Mediterranean coast of Provence, which had by then adopted the [[Rule of St. Benedict]]. During his two-year stay there, from 665 to 667, he underwent a course of instruction, taking monastic vows<ref name=Ott>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02441b.htm Ott, Michael. "St. Benedict Biscop." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 23 January 2020{{PD-notice}}</ref> and the name of "Benedict".

Following the two years in Lérins Benedict made his third trip to Rome. At this time [[Pope Vitalian]] commissioned him to accompany Archbishop [[Theodore of Tarsus]] back to [[Canterbury]] in 669. On their return Archbishop Theodore appointed Benedict as abbot of [[St Augustine's Abbey|SS. Peter and Paul's]], [[Canterbury]], a role he held for two years.<ref>''HAbb'', II–III; Blair, pp. 156–159</ref>