"Dom W. Wilfrid Bayne, Medieval Historian, Dies:
The Rev. Dom W. Wilfrid Bayne, O.S.B., 80, of the Portsmouth Abbey, a former ballet dancer, artist, teacher, Navy veteran, descendant of Colonial settlers in Virginia and a world authority on Medieval history, heraldry and genealogy, died Sunday in Newport Hospital after being stricken at the abbey. A monk at the Benedictine abbey here since 1936, Dom Wilfrid taught Latin and Christian doctrine at the abbey school, then the Portsmouth Priory School. Dom Wilfrid directed the school's dramatic society during the 1940s and 1950s and specialized in productions of Shakespeare and Gilbert and Sullivan. Born in New Orleans May 21, 1893 he was a son of Thomas L. and Maria Therese Muller Bayne. He attended Auburn University, but left before graduating to become a dancer with the Russian Ballet. After his conversion to Roman Catholicism, he became a novice at Downside Abbey in England, where he was given the name Brother Clement. However, he was dismissed because of his health and five years later was admitted as a novice with the name Wilfrid to the Fort Augustus Abbey in Scotland. He took his vows March 12, 1932 and remained in Scotland until he came to the Portsmouth Priory in 1936. He was ordained a priest in Providence by Bishop Francis J. Keough May 22, 1937. A World War I Navy veteran, Dom Wilfrid belonged to the Grand Priory of the USA, the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem and the Sons of the Colonial Wars. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. John S. (Edith) Jackson of New Orleans; and a brother, Thomas L. Bayne III of Danville, Ky. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday in the church of the abbey. Burial will be at the abbey."
From the Newport Daily News, Feb. 26, 1974.
The Rev. Dom W. Wilfrid Bayne, O.S.B., 80, of the Portsmouth Abbey, a former ballet dancer, artist, teacher, Navy veteran, descendant of Colonial settlers in Virginia and a world authority on Medieval history, heraldry and genealogy, died Sunday in Newport Hospital after being stricken at the abbey. A monk at the Benedictine abbey here since 1936, Dom Wilfrid taught Latin and Christian doctrine at the abbey school, then the Portsmouth Priory School. Dom Wilfrid directed the school's dramatic society during the 1940s and 1950s and specialized in productions of Shakespeare and Gilbert and Sullivan. Born in New Orleans May 21, 1893 he was a son of Thomas L. and Maria Therese Muller Bayne. He attended Auburn University, but left before graduating to become a dancer with the Russian Ballet. After his conversion to Roman Catholicism, he became a novice at Downside Abbey in England, where he was given the name Brother Clement. However, he was dismissed because of his health and five years later was admitted as a novice with the name Wilfrid to the Fort Augustus Abbey in Scotland. He took his vows March 12, 1932 and remained in Scotland until he came to the Portsmouth Priory in 1936. He was ordained a priest in Providence by Bishop Francis J. Keough May 22, 1937. A World War I Navy veteran, Dom Wilfrid belonged to the Grand Priory of the USA, the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem and the Sons of the Colonial Wars. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. John S. (Edith) Jackson of New Orleans; and a brother, Thomas L. Bayne III of Danville, Ky. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday in the church of the abbey. Burial will be at the abbey."
From the Newport Daily News, Feb. 26, 1974.
"Dom W. Wilfrid Bayne, Medieval Historian, Dies:
The Rev. Dom W. Wilfrid Bayne, O.S.B., 80, of the Portsmouth Abbey, a former ballet dancer, artist, teacher, Navy veteran, descendant of Colonial settlers in Virginia and a world authority on Medieval history, heraldry and genealogy, died Sunday in Newport Hospital after being stricken at the abbey. A monk at the Benedictine abbey here since 1936, Dom Wilfrid taught Latin and Christian doctrine at the abbey school, then the Portsmouth Priory School. Dom Wilfrid directed the school's dramatic society during the 1940s and 1950s and specialized in productions of Shakespeare and Gilbert and Sullivan. Born in New Orleans May 21, 1893 he was a son of Thomas L. and Maria Therese Muller Bayne. He attended Auburn University, but left before graduating to become a dancer with the Russian Ballet. After his conversion to Roman Catholicism, he became a novice at Downside Abbey in England, where he was given the name Brother Clement. However, he was dismissed because of his health and five years later was admitted as a novice with the name Wilfrid to the Fort Augustus Abbey in Scotland. He took his vows March 12, 1932 and remained in Scotland until he came to the Portsmouth Priory in 1936. He was ordained a priest in Providence by Bishop Francis J. Keough May 22, 1937. A World War I Navy veteran, Dom Wilfrid belonged to the Grand Priory of the USA, the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem and the Sons of the Colonial Wars. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. John S. (Edith) Jackson of New Orleans; and a brother, Thomas L. Bayne III of Danville, Ky. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday in the church of the abbey. Burial will be at the abbey."
From the Newport Daily News, Feb. 26, 1974.
The Rev. Dom W. Wilfrid Bayne, O.S.B., 80, of the Portsmouth Abbey, a former ballet dancer, artist, teacher, Navy veteran, descendant of Colonial settlers in Virginia and a world authority on Medieval history, heraldry and genealogy, died Sunday in Newport Hospital after being stricken at the abbey. A monk at the Benedictine abbey here since 1936, Dom Wilfrid taught Latin and Christian doctrine at the abbey school, then the Portsmouth Priory School. Dom Wilfrid directed the school's dramatic society during the 1940s and 1950s and specialized in productions of Shakespeare and Gilbert and Sullivan. Born in New Orleans May 21, 1893 he was a son of Thomas L. and Maria Therese Muller Bayne. He attended Auburn University, but left before graduating to become a dancer with the Russian Ballet. After his conversion to Roman Catholicism, he became a novice at Downside Abbey in England, where he was given the name Brother Clement. However, he was dismissed because of his health and five years later was admitted as a novice with the name Wilfrid to the Fort Augustus Abbey in Scotland. He took his vows March 12, 1932 and remained in Scotland until he came to the Portsmouth Priory in 1936. He was ordained a priest in Providence by Bishop Francis J. Keough May 22, 1937. A World War I Navy veteran, Dom Wilfrid belonged to the Grand Priory of the USA, the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem and the Sons of the Colonial Wars. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. John S. (Edith) Jackson of New Orleans; and a brother, Thomas L. Bayne III of Danville, Ky. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday in the church of the abbey. Burial will be at the abbey."
From the Newport Daily News, Feb. 26, 1974.
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