Paul of Caen
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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] He was a nephew of Lanfranc[3].
He was an energetic builder at the Abbey[4], having materials from the ruins of Roman Verulamium, collected by earlier abbots Ealdred and Ealmer, to work with[5]. He also took a firm line with older reverences, disregarding some Anglo-Saxon relics and tombs[6]; and allowing the incorporation of older religious stonework into foundations, thus paradoxically ensuring their preservation for archaeology[7]. He encouraged the transcription of manuscripts[8].
