winchester winchester died circa medieval english abbot monk travelled rome monk abbey france england served monastic official named abbot position removed abbot early career contemporary wrote contains information states native winchester accompanied archbishop york worcester trip rome collect symbol archbishop authority journey challenged historian argues previous york collected person points story related chronicle abbey according story returned england remained continent monk abbey france story arriving resident number years prior return england recalled england recently founded small monastic named prior community helped teaching monks prior dean abbot founded moving monks named abbot completed named abbot instead reasons transfer abbot removed office result political instability following death king england monks exiled states abbot statement relates lay patron near death urged monks elect abbot office vacant instead monks elected monk states king england appointed instead historians challenged appointment owing extreme length ecclesiastical career later life legacy took translation moving relics following year abbot carried remains saint recently discovered companions found known manuscript cambridge connected died time describes expert monastic affairs forged charter later described abbot held office
Germanus of Winchester