Some or all of the Novem Codices were probably acquired by Benedict Biscop or Ceolfrid in Italy for the monastery at Monkwearmouth.
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In 674, Benedict Biscop received a land grant from King Ecgfrith for the explicit purpose of erecting a monastery.
St Peter's opened during the 1990s on the north bank of the River Wear, the site of St. Peter's Church and monastery built by Benedict Biscop in 674AD.