Benedict made his fifth and final trip to Rome in 679 to bring back books for a library, saintly relics, stonemasons, glaziers, and a grant from Pope Agatho that conferred certain privileges on his monastery. Benedict made five overseas voyages in all to stock the library.

In 682, Benedict appointed Eosterwine as his coadjutor, and the King was so delighted by the success of St Peter's that he gave him land in Jarrow and urged him to