April 17, 2022
Stephen was born in the eleventh century at Sherborne in Dorsetshire, England. He was educated at Sherborne Abbey and traveled to Scotland, Paris, and Rome. On the way home from his travel, he stopped at an abbey near Molesmes and was so impressed that he decided to stay. He joined the hermits who were under Abbot St. Robert and Prior St. Alberic. In 1094 Stephen, along with four other monks, the abbot and prior, requested permission to leave…