Bede
Also: The Venerable Bede, Baeda, Beda Venerabilis
Born probably between 672 and 673, probably in Wearmouth monastery (now Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, England). Died in 735, in Jarrow monastery (now Jarrow, England).
An English monk at Jarrow who almost never left his monastery. He wrote the Ecclesiastical History of the English People and many works on the Bible and on time.
Wrote in Latin. A major author.
Places lived
- 680 to 682Wearmouth monastery (now Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, England)child given to the monasteryyears probable
- 682 to 735Jarrow monastery (now Jarrow, England)monk, priest and teacheryears probable
Works
4 works, in the order they were written. 3 works can be read here.
- Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and JarrowThe story of the first five abbots of his own monastery.6,787 words
- Life of Saint CuthbertThe prose life of the monk and bishop of Lindisfarne.24,830 words
- The Reckoning of TimeHow to reckon time and find the date of Easter, with a chronicle of the world.not yet on the site
- Ecclesiastical History of the English PeopleThe history of the English and their church, from the Romans to his own day.176,502 words
How we know the dates and places
- Born probable
- Bede, Ecclesiastical History 5.24 (in his 59th year in 731)
- Place of birth probable
- Bede, Ecclesiastical History 5.24 ("born on the lands of this monastery")
He names no village. The point is the Wearmouth house. - Died sure
- Cuthbert, Letter on the Death of Bede (26 May 735)
- Place of death sure
- Cuthbert, Letter on the Death of Bede
- Wearmouth monastery, years probable
- Bede, Ecclesiastical History 5.24
- Wearmouth monastery, place sure
- Bede, Ecclesiastical History 5.24
- Jarrow monastery, years probable
- Bede, Ecclesiastical History 5.24; Anonymous Life of Ceolfrith 14
- Jarrow monastery, place sure
- Bede, Ecclesiastical History 5.24; Anonymous Life of Ceolfrith 14