Saint Bede the Venerable | |
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The Venerable Bede Translates John by J. D. Penrose (ca 1902) | |
Doctor o the Kirk, Monk, Historian | |
Born | c. 673 nae recordit, possibly Monkton |
Dee'd | 26t Mey 735 Jarrow, Northumbria |
Veneratit in | Roman Catholic Kirk, Eastren Orthodox Kirk, Anglican Communion, Lutheran Kirk |
Canonised | 1899 recognised as Doctor o the Kirk, Roum by Pape Leo XIII |
Major shrine | Durham Cathedral. |
Feast | 25t Mey (Wastren Kirks) 27t Mey (Orthodox Kirk an General Roman Calendar, atween 1899 an 1969) |
Patronage | Inglis writers an historians; Jarrow |
Bede (Auld Inglis: Bǣda or Bēda; 672/673 – 26t May 735), forby refert tae as Saunt Bede or the Venerable Bede (Laitin: Bēda Venerābilis), wis an Inglis monk at the monastery o Saunt Peter at Monkwearmouth an its companion monastery, Saunt Paul's, in modren Jarrow (see Monkwearmouth-Jarrow), County Durham, baith o whilk wis than in the Kinrick o Northumbrie.
He is kenspeckle fur the Deith Sang (en) (whilk is aft attribute tae him, awthoch nae aw fowk believes him tae be the owthor), an airly Auld Inglis text in the Northumbrie an Wast Saxon byleids o Auld Inglis.