Bede Griffiths

Bede Griffiths
Born
Alan Richard Griffiths

(1906-12-17)17 December 1906
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
Died13 May 1993(1993-05-13) (aged 86)
Shantivanam, Tamil Nadu, India
NationalityEnglish, Indian
Other namesSwami Dayananda
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Camaldolese priest and monk, mystic, theologian

Bede Griffiths OSB Cam[1] (17 December 1906 – 13 May 1993), born Alan Richard Griffiths and also known by the end of his life as Swami Dayananda ("bliss of compassion"), was a British-born Catholic priest and Benedictine monk who lived in ashrams in South India and became a noted missionary. Griffiths was a part of the Christian Ashram Movement.

  1. ^ "Order of St Benedict website". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2012.