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 Venerable Bede
surface form: Bede the Venerable

Venerable Bede
surface form: Saint Bede

Venerable Bede
surface form: The Venerable Bede
birthDate c. 672
c. 673
birthPlace near Monkwearmouth, Northumbria
burialPlace Durham Cathedral
surface form: Durham Cathedral (relics)

Jarrow
canonizationStatus canonized saint
church Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
citizenship Kingdom of Northumbria
countryOfOrigin England
deathDate 735-05-26
deathPlace Jarrow, Northumbria
declaredDoctorOfTheChurchBy Pope Leo XIII
declaredDoctorOfTheChurchInYear 1899
educatedAt Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey
surface form: Monastery of Jarrow

Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey
surface form: 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 Benedictines
surface form: Benedictine Order
name Venerable Bede self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bede
notableWork Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
surface form: 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 rerum natura
surface form: De natura rerum

De temporum ratione
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
surface form: Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

biblical commentaries
hagiographies
homilies

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