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Bede (⫽ b iː d ⫽; Old English: Bēda; 672/3 – 26 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (Latin: Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk, author and scholar.
Jun 28, 2024 · Saint Bede the Venerable, Anglo-Saxon theologian, historian, and chronologist. He is best known for his historical writings that document the conversion to Christianity of the Anglo-Saxon tribes. The method of dating events from the time of Christ’s birth came into general use through his works.
May 10, 2017 · Bede (c. 673-735 CE) was an English monk, historian, and scholar who lived in the Kingdom of Northumbria. He is at times referred to as the Venerable Bede or Bede the Venerable. He was a monk at the double monastery of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow. Bede was a prolific writer and many of his works have survived to the present day.
Saint Bede, known as the Venerable Bede, (born 672/673, traditionally Monkton in Jarrow, Northumbria [Eng.]—died May 25, 735, Jarrow; feast day May 25), Anglo-Saxon theologian, historian, and chronologist.
May 30, 2019 · Learn about the life and works of Bede, the greatest scholar of the early medieval era, who wrote on theology, history, chronology, poetry, and biography. Discover how he influenced the Christianisation of Britain, the Carolingian Renaissance, and the way we date events.
“ Bede’s Death Song,” also known as “Bede’s Lament, ” is the most-copied Old English poem in historical manuscripts, surviving in over 35 extant iterations. As Bede himself documents in Historia ecclesiastica, he was raised from the age of seven in the monastery of St. Peter at Monkwearmouth, where he was ordained a deacon when he ...
Read the biography of the Anglo-Saxon theologian and historian - the Venerable Bede. Find out the year he died.
