Bede, The Venerable

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• Bede, The Venerable — (ca. 673–735)    The Venerable Bede was an English monk who, though he never traveled beyond the boundaries of his native Northumbria, gained an international reputation as perhaps the most learned man of his age. Though he wrote some 40 books on …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

• BEDE, the Venerable — (673 735)    called the Father of English history. He was a CHRISTIAN MONK who spent his life at the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow where he devoted himself to scholarship. He is best remembered for his classic work The Ecclesiastical… …   Concise dictionary of Religion

• Bede the Venerable, Saint — ▪ Anglo Saxon historian Bede also spelled  Baeda  or  Beda  born 672/673, traditionally Monkton in Jarrow, Northumbria died May 25, 735, Jarrow; canonized 1899; feast day May 25       Anglo Saxon theologian, historian, and chronologist, best… …   Universalium

• Bède le Vénérable — Le Vénérable Bède traduit Jean, par James Doyle Penrose (1902). Naissance vers 672/673 près de Sunderland Décès 26 mai …   Wikipédia en Français

• Bede le Venerable — Bède le Vénérable Bède le Vénérable dans les Chroniques de Nuremberg Bède (en latin et en saxon Bæda ou Beda, en anglais Bede), dit le Vénérable, né vers 672 en Northumbrie, est un moine et lettré …   Wikipédia en Français

• The Venerable Bede —     The Venerable Bede     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Venerable Bede     Historian and Doctor of the Church, born 672 or 673; died 735. In the last chapter of his great work on the Ecclesiastical History of the English People Bede has told us… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• (the) Venerable Bede — Bede [Bede] (also called the Venerable Bede) (c. 673–735) an English ↑monk and ↑historian. At his ↑monastery in ↑Jarrow in north east England …   Useful english dictionary

• the Venerable Bede — ➡ Bede * * * …   Universalium

• Bede (Baeda or Beda), Saint, The Venerable — (673 735)    Anglo Saxon monk whose Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (History of the English Church and People) (1731) chronicled the occupation of England by the Romans and the centuries after they departed. He gives accounts of early… …   British and Irish poets

• the Venerable Bede — noun (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672 735) • Syn: ↑Bede, ↑Saint Bede, ↑St. Bede, ↑Baeda, ↑Saint Baeda, ↑St. Baeda, ↑Beda, ↑Saint Beda, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary