| − | Even on the day of his death, Bede was still busy dictating a translation of the [[Gospel of John]]. Bede died peacefully in 785 and was buried at Jarrow before being moved inside Durham Cathedral.<ref>http://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/introduction/gallery/bede</ref>. He was already renowned among his peers, being described by Bishop Boniface as having "shone forth as a lantern in the world by his scriptural commentary." The title Venerable seems to have been associated with him approximately within two generations after his death. | + | Even on the day of his death, Bede was still busy dictating a translation of the [[Gospel of John]]. Bede died peacefully in 735 and was buried at Jarrow before being moved inside Durham Cathedral.<ref>http://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/introduction/gallery/bede</ref>. He was already renowned among his peers, being described by Bishop Boniface as having "shone forth as a lantern in the world by his scriptural commentary." The title Venerable seems to have been associated with him approximately within two generations after his death. |