Bede (/ biːd /; Old English: Bēda [ˈbeːdɑ]; 672/3 – 26 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, Bede of Jarrow, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (Latin: Beda Venerabilis), was an English …

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.

May 10, 2017 · Bede's work is considered one of the most important sources of Anglo-Saxon history for modern-day scholarship. It is a major source for political, social, and religious history in England …

This, we are told, was the Age of Bede. It is so called not because Bede dominated the politics of his day, but because he himself wrote its history, not only recording events that would otherwise have …

Bede was born near St. Peter and St. Paul monastery at Wearmouth-Jarrow, England. He was sent there when he was three and educated by Abbots Benedict Biscop and Ceolfrid.

Bede was renowned throughout England and Europe for his writing. He is the only Englishman to be named a Doctor of the Church, and the only Englishman admitted into Dante’s Paradiso.

The Venerable Bede – also known as St Bede – is widely regarded as the greatest of all the Anglo-Saxon scholars.

Jul 15, 2025 · Bede is frequently labeled as the father of English history. As we will see, he had a clear conception of an “English people” living within the British Isles. Yet the Anglo-Saxons were at this …

May 25, 2022 · Saint Bede the Venerable almost never left his monastery once he became a monk, but he influenced the entire Church of his day. One of the most well-rounded scholars, he wrote and …

Bede was named a doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII in recognition of his work and piety. Bede also produced two major histories of his age, and has thereby become known as "the father of English …