He is probably responsible for the popular legendary association of Saint Patrick with snakes, which he purportedly cast out of Ireland.
He was a monk of Furness Abbey (now in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria), and translated or adapted Celtic hagiographical material for Anglo-Norman readers.
His Life of Waltheof was written to promote the cult of a former abbot of Melrose.
[1][2][3] It has been claimed that he was also Abbot of Rushen Abbey, and an architect,[4] but this is one of several different identifications which have been put forward.
Jocelin's writings are the topic of a major survey by Helen Birkett,[5] and a volume of conference proceedings.