Possible Clues:

• Blessed ecclesiast, divine educator primarily?
• Seduce English scholar
• Old monk’s sleeping-place at end of compline
• Ecclesiastical historian
• Saint's resting-place — and shrine, ultimately
• George Eliot's Adam
• This monk recited part of the rosary
• Foundation head of Education Authority consulted on English history
• A venerable name in our illustrious past
• The Venerable ___ (old English historian)