Bede is often known misleadingly as the Venerable Bede, which merely means that he was never raised to sainthood or even beatified? by the Roman Catholic Church and remains a "venerable." |
Bede (c. 672 - 735 A.D.), monk of the monastery? of Saints Peter and Paul at Wearmouth and Jarrow, Northumbria? (modern England), who wrote a number of books, including an Ecclesiastical History of the English People. Bede wrote on many other topics, from music and metrics to scripture commentaries. |
Bede was an Anglo-Saxon? monk in the 8th century CE who wrote a number of books, including an Ecclesiastical History of the English People. |
Bede is often known as the Venerable Bede, which suggests that he failed to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church and remains a "venerable". In fact, the title seems to have been generally given to him soon after his death. In the archdiocese of York there was a feast of Saint Bede but it was little observed in southern England and never penetrated to continental Europe. |
Bede is often known as the Venerable Bede, which suggests that he failed to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church and remains a "venerable". In fact, the title seems to have been generally given to him soon after his death. In the archdiocese of York there was a feast of Saint Bede but it was little observed in southern England and never penetrated to continental Europe.