Bede the Venerable

Beda Venerabilis

Biography

Bede was born in the north of England, near the Tyne estuary, around 673. At the age of seven, he was entrusted to the Abbot of St Peter's at Wearmouth, near Durham. At about the age of seventeen, he joined the nearby monastery of St Paul of Jarrow. Ordained a deacon at nineteen, a priest at thirty, he remained there until his death in 735, 'finding his happiness in study, teaching and writing', semper aut discere aut docere aut scribere dulce habui (EH V, 24). He produced a huge corpus on a wide variety of subjects - scriptural and theological exegesis, grammar, Latin prosody and music, hagiography, scientific writings - whose profound unity lies in the conviction that everything is connected in the work of the Creator. His most famous work is the Ecclesiastical History of the English People.

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Bede the Venerable
Birth date ?

Né dans le Nord de l'Angleterre actuelle, près de l'estuaire de la Tyne.

Death date (Jarrow)

Le soir du 25 mai 735.

Activity Jarrow, Northumbrie
Group of authors British Isles, Roman historians