About Saint Bede
St Bede - also known as the Venerable Bede - is widely regarded as the greatest of all the Anglo-Saxon scholars. He wrote around forty books mainly dealing with theology and history.
Bede was probably born in Monkton, Durham. Nothing is known of his family background. At the age of seven he was entrusted to the care of
Benedict Biscop, who in 674 AD had founded the monastery of St. Peter at Wearmouth. In 682 AD, Bede moved to the monastery at Jarrow, where
he spent the rest of his life. By the age of 19 he had become a deacon and was promoted to priest at 30.
His scholarship covered a huge range of subjects, including commentaries on the Bible, observations of nature, music and poetry.
His most famous work, which is a key source for the understanding of early British history and the arrival of Christianity, is
'Historia Ecclestiastica Gentis Anglorum' or 'The Ecclesiastical History of the English People' which was completed in 731 AD.
It is the first work of history in which the AD system of dating is used.
Bede died in his cell at the monastery in May 735 AD.
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