Bede
Father of English History and Doctor of the Church
He is best known for his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, completed around 731.[1] Bede's writings encompass scientific, historical, and theological subjects.[2]
Quick Facts
- Died
- 26 May 735 (aged 62-64)
- Feast day
- 25 May (Western Churches); 27 May (Orthodox Church and the General Roman Calendar from 1899 to 1969)
- Venerated in
- Catholic Church
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Anglican Communion
- Lutheranism
- Birthplace
- Kingdom of Northumbria, possibly Monkwearmouth in present-day Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
- Place of death
- Jarrow, Northumbria
- Titles
- Doctor of the Church
- Canonized
- Canonised and Declared a Doctor of the Church in 1899 by Pope Leo XIII
- Canonized place
- Rome
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Almost everything known of Bede's life comes from the last chapter of his Ecclesiastical History.[3] He probably transferred to Jarrow when Ceolfrith founded it in 682.[4] Bede wrote his first works around 701 and eventually completed over 60 books.[1] He died at Jarrow on 26 May 735, dictating to a scribe until the end.[1]
His birthplace was on the property of the twin monasteries at Monkwearmouth and Jarrow.[3] When he was seven, his relatives placed him as an oblate at Monkwearmouth for schooling under Benedict Biscop and later Ceolfrith.[5] A letter describing Bede's final days and death was composed by his student Cuthbert.[1]
References
- Wikipedia, "Bede" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bede" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Holder (trans.), Bede: On the Tabernacle, (Liverpool: Liverpool Univ. Pr., 1994), pp. xvii–xx. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bede" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; ; ; ; ; Bede, Ecclesiastical History, V.24, p. 329.; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bede" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Bede" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ;; ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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