Venerable Bede

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Christian saint Doctor of the Church historian human monk theologian

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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Observed surface forms (6)

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Bede 4
Bede the Venerable 1
Saint Bede 1

Statements (57)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Durham Cathedral → containsTombOf → Venerable Bede ⓘ
Doctor of the Church → includes → Venerable Bede ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Bede the Venerable
Venerable Bede → name → Venerable Bede self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bede
this entity surface form: Bede
this entity surface form: Saint Bede the Venerable
Northumbria → notablePerson → Venerable Bede ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bede
this entity surface form: Bede