Geoffrey of Canterbury

Geoffrey
Dunfermline Abbey, as it stood c. 1919
Born	Probably mid-to-late 11th century Unknown
Died	9 June 1154 Dunfermline (probable)
Other names	Galfridus
Occupation	Abbot
Title	Abbot of Dunfermline

Geoffrey (died 1154) was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman Benedictine monk and abbot. Of Anglo-Norman origin, he became monastic head of the Benedictine priory at Canterbury, before moving to Scotland to be the first Abbot of Dunfermline. As abbot he presided over the construction of the new monastery building, the immigration of English monks and settlers, and the accumulation of enough wealth to make Dunfermline Abbey the richest Benedictine monastic house in the Kingdom of Scotland.