SISTER BENEDICTA WARD SLG is Reader in the History of Christian Spirituality at the University of Oxford and a supernumerary Fellow of Harris Manchester College. She is a leading authority on the legacy of the Desert Fathers. Her numerous published works include books on the Desert Fathers, the Venerable Bede, St Anselm, and on miracles and relics in mediaeval times.
She is a member of the Sisters of the Love of God, an Anglican religious community in Oxford.
