|
|
|
Single Person record details
|
|
Back
|
|
Person Code
|
NA16566
|
Surname
|
Bede
|
Dates
|
673-735
|
Epithet
|
Saint, Benedictine monk
|
Activity
|
Born around 673, Bede entered the monastic life at the age of seven and was, from its foundation in 682 to his death in 735, a monk of the foundation of Jarrow-Monkwearmouth. He was educated and much influenced by Abbot Ceolfrid of Jarrow, and perhaps indirectly by the learning of Benedict Biscop, founder and overall controller of the joint-foundation. He was made deacon at the age of 19, unusually early, and made a priest at the age of 30. Best known for his Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, written in 731, Bede also wrote theological, historical and scientific treatises and accounts of lives of the saints and of notable abbots. His writings demonstrate considerable learning and knowledge of sources. He was made a saint in 1899.
|
NonPreferredTerm
|
Baeda
|
Associated records
|
|
|
GB231/MS 216 | Bede and Jerome on the Apocalypse | Early 12th century | GB231/MS 2610 | Caedmon's Hymn: Copy of 8th century manuscript | 1967 |
|
|
|
|
|