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Bede [St Bede, Bæda, known as the Venerable Bede]

(673/4–735)

J. Campbell

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/1922

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Bede [St Bede, Bæda, known as the Venerable Bede] (673/4–735), monk, historian, and theologian, in his Historia ecclesiastica (731) outlines his own life. Born in northern Northumbria, his relations put him in the monastery of Wearmouth at the age of seven. He transferred to the nearby sister house of ...

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date: 25 February 2021

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