Bede nickname(s):
Venerable Bede, Saint Bede
When did Bede die?
May 26, 735
Where did Bede die?
Jarrow, Tyne & Wear, England
What is Bede nationality?
British
What is Bede's occupation?
Monk, Author
Bede claim to fame:
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Short Biography
Bede (pronounced "Bead" / Old English: ; 672 / 673 – 26 May 735), also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede (Latin: ), was a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth, today part of Sunderland, England, and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow (see Wearmouth-Jarrow), both in the Kingdom of Northumbria. Bede's monastery had access to a superb library which included works by Eusebius and Orosius among many others.