Paul of Caen explained

Paul of Caen^[1] was a Norman Benedictine monk who became fourteenth Abbot of St Albans Abbey in 1077, a position he held to 1093.^{[2] [3]} He was a nephew of Archbishop Lanfranc.^[4] Paul, former monk of the Saint-Étienne abbey in Caen,^[5] was an energetic builder at the Abbey,^[6] having materials from the ruins of Roman Verulamium, collected by earlier abbots Ealdred and Ealmer, to work with.^[7] He also took a firm line with older reverences, disregarding some Anglo-Saxon relics and tombs,^[8] and allowing the incorporation of older religious stonework into foundations, thus paradoxically ensuring their preservation for archaeology.^[9] He encouraged the transcription of manuscripts.^{[10] [11]}

Notes and References

1. Paul of St Albans, Paul de Caen.
2. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/herts/vol2/pp483-488 "St Albans abbey: History." A History of the County of Hertford: Vol. 2. (William Page, ed.) London: Victoria County History, 1908. 483-488. British History Online. Web. 10 June 2018.
3. Web site: 11thand12thC.
4. [David Knowles (scholar)|David Knowles]
5. Célestin Hippeau, L'Abbaye de Saint-Étienne de Caen, 1066-1790, Caen, A. Hardel, 1855, p.28
6. http://www.salbani.co.uk/Med%20Web/st._albans_abbey.htm St Albans Abbey
7. http://80.69.6.195/personalisation/object.cfm?uid=003KTOP00000015U049A0000
8. Knowles. pp.118-9.
9. Web site: CINOA: An Important Anglo Danish carved sandstone pillar slab, School of Bakewell . 2007-04-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070312214245/http://www.cinoa.org/art-and-antiques/detail/21581 . 2007-03-12 . dead .
10. Gesta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani, ed. H. T. Riley, 3 vols. (London, 1867) vol. 1, pp 51-66
11. R. M. Thomson, Manuscripts from St Albans Abbey 1066-1235, 2 vols. (Woodbridge, 1985), vol. 1, pp 11-77