St. Bede the Venerable

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St. Bede the Venerable

Anglo-Saxon historian

Also known as: Bede of Jarrow, Saint Baeda the Venerable, Saint Beda the Venerable, the Venerable Bede

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Bede also spelled:: Baeda or Beda

Born:: 672/673, traditionally Monkton in Jarrow, Northumbria [England]

Died:: May 25, 735, Jarrow

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St. Bede the Venerable (born 672/673, traditionally Monkton in Jarrow, Northumbria [England]—died May 25, 735, Jarrow; canonized 1899; feast day May 25) was an Anglo-Saxon theologian, historian, and chronologist. St. Bede is best known for his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (“Ecclesiastical History of the English People”), a source vital to the history of the conversion to Christianity of the Anglo-Saxon tribes. During his lifetime and throughout the Middle Ages, Bede’s reputation was based mainly on his scriptural commentaries, copies of which found their way to many of the monastic libraries of western Europe. The method of dating events from the ...(100 of 571 words)

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