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by Spixxy on February 13th, 2004

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Who is St Bede?

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  • by wickedwillie on March 28th, 2004

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    Also known as
    Venerable Bede; Father of English History

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    Born
    672 at Wearmouth, England

    Died
    25 May 735

    Canonized
    1899 by Pope Leo XIII

    Memorial
    25 May; formerly 27 May

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    Born around the time England was finally completely Christianized. Raised from age seven in the abbey of Saints Peter and Paul at Wearmouth-Jarrow, and lived there his whole life. Benedictine monk. Spiritual student of the founder, Saint Benedict Biscop. Ordained in 702 by Saint John of Beverley. Teacher and author, he wrote about history, rhetoric, mathematics, music, astronomy, poetry, grammar, philosophy, hagiography, homiletics, and Bible commentary.

    He was known as the most learned man of his day, and his writings started the idea of dating this era from the incarnation of Christ. The central theme of Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica is of the Church using the power of its spiritual, doctrinal, and cultural unity to stamp out violence and barbarism. Our knowledge of England before the 8th century is mainly the result of Bede's writing. He was declared a Doctor of the Church on 13 November 1899 by Pope Leo XIII.

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    monk writing at a desk; old monk dying amidst his community old monk with a book and pen; old monk with a jug.

    Source: http://www.catholic-forum.com

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