Bede (/ biːd /; Old English: Bēda [ˈbeːdɑ]; 672/3 – 26 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, Bede of Jarrow, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (Latin: Beda Venerabilis), was an English …

Saint Bede the Venerable, Anglo-Saxon theologian, historian, and chronologist. He is best known for his historical writings that document the conversion to Christianity of the Anglo-Saxon tribes.

Jul 15, 2025 · The Venerable Bede was the foremost pre-Norman conquest intellectual in England, and perhaps the most important figure in Anglo-Saxon history.

May 10, 2017 · Bede's work is considered one of the most important sources of Anglo-Saxon history for modern-day scholarship. It is a major source for political, social, and religious history in England …

Discover how the Venerable Bede, a Northumbrian monk, shaped the history of early medieval England through his Ecclesiastical History and lasting influence.

Read the biography of the Anglo-Saxon theologian and historian - the Venerable Bede. Find out the year he died.

Bede was renowned throughout England and Europe for his writing. He is the only Englishman to be named a Doctor of the Church, and the only Englishman admitted into Dante’s Paradiso.