Jocelin was a 12th century Cistercian monk and cleric, who became the fourth Abbot of Melrose before becoming Bishop of Glasgow. He was probably born in the 1130s, and in his teenage years became a monk of Melrose Abbey. He rose in the service of Abbot Waltheof, and, by the time of the short abbacy of Waltheof's successor Abbot William, Jocelin had become prior. Then in 1170 Jocelin himself became abbot, a position he held for four years. Jocelin was responsible for promoting the cult of the emerging Saint Waltheof, and in this had the support of Enguerrand, Bishop of Glasgow. As Bishop of Glasgow, he was a royal official. In this capacity he traveled abroad on several occasions, and performed the marriage ceremony between King William the Lion and Ermengarde de Beaumont, later baptizing their son, the future King Alexander II. Among other things, he has been credited by modern historians as "the founder of the burgh of Glasgow and initiator of the Glasgow fair", as well as being one of the greatest literary patrons in medieval Scotland, commissioning the Life of St Waltheof and the Life of St Kentigen and the Chronicle of Melrose.

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45 BC: Julius Caesar scored his final military victory in the Battle of Munda, defeating the Optimate forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar)

624: History of Islam: Muslims of Medina defeated the Quraish of Mecca in the Battle of Badr. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Badr)

1950: The discovery of californium, a radioactive transuranium element, was announced. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californium)

1958: Vanguard 1, the first solar-powered satellite, was launched. It is the oldest human-launched object still in Earth orbit today. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_1)

1969: Golda Meir of the Labour Party became the fourth Prime Minister of Israel. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golda_Meir)

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