Venerable Bede

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Venerable Bede was an 8th-century English monk, historian, and theologian best known for his work "Ecclesiastical History of the English People," which earned him the title "Father of English History."

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Bede 21
Venerable Bede canonical 6
Saint Bede 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
Doctor of the Church
historian
human
monk
theologian
alsoKnownAs Bede the Venerable
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Saint Bede
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The Venerable Bede
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birthDate c. 672
c. 673
birthPlace near Monkwearmouth, Northumbria
burialPlace Durham Cathedral (relics)
linked to: Durham Cathedral

Jarrow
canonizationStatus canonized saint
church Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
citizenship Kingdom of Northumbria
countryOfOrigin England
deathDate 735-05-26
deathPlace Jarrow, Northumbria
declaredDoctorOfTheChurchBy Pope Leo XIII
declaredDoctorOfTheChurchInYear 1899
educatedAt Monastery of Jarrow
Monastery of Monkwearmouth
era Early Middle Ages
feastDay May 25
May 26
fieldOfWork biblical exegesis
chronology
church history
theology
honorificPrefix Venerable
influenced later Christian chronologists
medieval English historiography
knownFor systematizing the Anno Domini dating system in Western Europe
writing a comprehensive history of the early English church
languageOfWriting Latin
Old English
monasticOrder Benedictine Order
linked to: Benedictines
name Bede
linked to: Venerable Bede
notableWork Ecclesiastical History of the English People
occupation biblical commentator
historian
monk
teacher
theologian
originalLanguageOfWork Latin
region Anglo-Saxon England
religion Christianity
residence Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey
title Father of English History
wrote De natura rerum
linked to: De rerum natura

De temporum ratione
Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum
biblical commentaries
hagiographies
homilies

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Durham Cathedral containsTombOf Venerable Bede
Northumbria notablePerson Bede
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Venerable Bede name Bede
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Venerable Bede alsoKnownAs Saint Bede
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Venerable Bede alsoKnownAs The Venerable Bede
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Venerable Bede alsoKnownAs Bede the Venerable
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St Bede's College, Christchurch namedAfter Bede
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St Bede's College, Christchurch namedAfter Saint Bede the Venerable
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Doctor of the Church includes St. Bede the Venerable
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Christianization of the British Isles significantPerson Bede
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Catholic Homilies usesSources Bede
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William of Malmesbury influencedBy Bede
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Anglo-Saxon literature notableAuthor Bede
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Henry of Huntingdon usedSources Bede
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College of St Hild and St Bede namedAfter Saint Bede
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Saint Cuthbert biographyWrittenBy Bede
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Saint Oswald describedBySource Bede
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Jutes mentionedBy Bede
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Bridei mac Bili describedBySource Bede
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Penda of Mercia contemporary Bede
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Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey associatedWith Bede
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Æthelred of Mercia associatedWith Bede
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Kingdom of Northumbria notablePerson Bede
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Orosius hasInfluenced Bede
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Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People author Bede
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Jarrow, Northumbria hasNotableResident Venerable Bede
Jarrow, Northumbria burialPlaceOf Venerable Bede
De temporum ratione author Bede
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De temporum ratione author Venerable Bede
Jarrow hasNotablePerson Venerable Bede
St. Bede's College, Shimla namedAfter Saint Bede
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Jerome's Chronicon usedAsSourceBy Bede
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Anna of East Anglia notedBy Bede
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