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New page: '''Bede''' (673-735), also known as the Venerable Bede, was a Northumbrian monk and scholar, famous for writing ''Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum'' (''The Ecclesiastical History...
'''Bede''' (673-735), also known as the Venerable Bede, was a [[Northumbria]]n monk and scholar, famous for writing ''Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum'' (''The Ecclesiastical History of the English People''), completed in 731 and held to be the earliest history of [[England]]. However, his scholarship extended far beyond this: he was a student of classical literature, studied [[Hebrew]], medicine and [[astronomy]], and wrote hymns, sermons, biographies of saints, works on chronology and grammar, and Biblical commentaries<ref>http://www.bedesworld.co.uk/academic-bede.php</ref>.
He is believed to have been born at Monkton, [[South Tyneside]], north-east [[England]] - then part of the kingdom of [[Northumbria]], and spent all his life in that region, although he had a correspondence with scholars across [[Europe]]. He studied at the [[Benedictine]] monastery of St. Peter at Monkwearmouth, [[Sunderland]]<ref>http://www.visitsunderland.com/history_and_heritage/stpeters.html</ref>, but later moved to St Peter's sister house, the monastery of St. Paul at [[Jarrow]]<ref>http://www.bedesworld.co.uk/bedesworld-monastic.php</ref>, a few miles to the north on the [[River Tyne]], where he spent most of his life. Original stonework from both monasteries still exists, as part of later medieval church buildings, and Monkwearmouth-Jarrow has been approved as a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].
Bede's remains are buried in Galilee Chapel of the Norman cathedral at [[Durham]]<ref>http://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/introduction/gallery/bede</ref>.
Bede's life, and early medieval Northumbria, is celebrated at the museum and visitor centre Bede's World, opened in 2000 and located next to the church and monastic remains at Jarrow<ref>http://www.bedesworld.co.uk/</ref>. The nearest station of the [[Tyne & Wear Metro]] was named Bede in honour of the saint.
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[[Category:Historians]]
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He is believed to have been born at Monkton, [[South Tyneside]], north-east [[England]] - then part of the kingdom of [[Northumbria]], and spent all his life in that region, although he had a correspondence with scholars across [[Europe]]. He studied at the [[Benedictine]] monastery of St. Peter at Monkwearmouth, [[Sunderland]]<ref>http://www.visitsunderland.com/history_and_heritage/stpeters.html</ref>, but later moved to St Peter's sister house, the monastery of St. Paul at [[Jarrow]]<ref>http://www.bedesworld.co.uk/bedesworld-monastic.php</ref>, a few miles to the north on the [[River Tyne]], where he spent most of his life. Original stonework from both monasteries still exists, as part of later medieval church buildings, and Monkwearmouth-Jarrow has been approved as a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].
Bede's remains are buried in Galilee Chapel of the Norman cathedral at [[Durham]]<ref>http://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/introduction/gallery/bede</ref>.
Bede's life, and early medieval Northumbria, is celebrated at the museum and visitor centre Bede's World, opened in 2000 and located next to the church and monastic remains at Jarrow<ref>http://www.bedesworld.co.uk/</ref>. The nearest station of the [[Tyne & Wear Metro]] was named Bede in honour of the saint.
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Historians]]
[[CVategory:Saints]]