the library that benedict started made it possible for bede to write his works including his famous "ecclesiastical history of the english people".information from. there wasn't another library like it in england. by the time of his death in 689 benedict had completed four trips to rome and the south and brought back large collections of books each time. the full extent of bede's work would still not be possible if not for ceolfrid, the fourth abbot. he doubled the size of the library left by benedict biscop.