Bede the Venerable
- Born
- c. 673
- Died
- c. 735
- Role
- Monk and priest of Jarrow
- Wrote in
- Latin
Contemporary timeline
His life beside those who lived in his time, from the year 650 to 800.
People
Events
- A person's life
- Estimated birth
- Unknown birth
- Active between two years
- Event
- Received as ecumenical by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches
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Who he was
A monk of the Wearmouth-Jarrow monastery in Northumbria, author of biblical commentaries, scientific works and history. His Ecclesiastical History is the main source on the Christianization of England and popularized dating years "from the Incarnation" (anno Domini).
- Region
- Britain (Northumbria)
- Language
- Latin
- Role
- Monk and priest of Jarrow
- Died
- c. 735
His writings
2 writings, 725–731
725
731