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[[Image:Saintbede.jpg|right|thumb|250px| St. Bede the Venerable]]

[[Image:Saintbede.jpg|right|thumb|250px| St. Bede the Venerable]]

'''Bede the Venerable''' (b. 673; died 735)  was an [[Anglo-Saxon]] monk and scholar who lived at the Northumbrian monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow. Among his writings were the most widely read exegetical and didactic treatises of the Middle Ages. His <i>Ecclesiastical History of the English People</i>, meanwhile, has become the single most important source for early Anglo-Saxon history. Bede's other writings cover a broad spectrum including natural history, poetry, Biblical translation and exposition of the scriptures.<ref>http://www.bedesworld.co.uk/academic-bede.php</ref> The culture of Italy had been brought to [[Britain]] and it was combined with the simpler traditions, devotions and evangelism of the Celtic church. Bede's writings are considered the best summary of this period in history ever prepared. Some have called it "the finest historical work of the early Middle Ages." <ref>[http://www.britannia.com/bios/bede.html The Venerable Bede] Britannia Biographies</ref> Bede was made [[Doctor of the Church]] by Pope Leo XIII in 1899.

'''Bede the Venerable''' (b. 673; died 735)  was an [[Anglo-Saxon]] monk and scholar who lived at the Northumbrian monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow. Among his writings were the most widely read exegetical and didactic treatises of the Middle Ages. His <i>Ecclesiastical History of the English People</i> has become the single most important source for early Anglo-Saxon history. Bede's other writings cover a broad spectrum including natural history, poetry, Biblical translation and exposition of the scriptures.<ref>http://www.bedesworld.co.uk/academic-bede.php</ref> The culture of Italy had been brought to [[Britain]] and it was combined with the simpler traditions, devotions and evangelism of the Celtic church. Bede's writings are considered the best summary of this period in history ever prepared. Some have called it "the finest historical work of the early Middle Ages." <ref>[http://www.britannia.com/bios/bede.html The Venerable Bede] Britannia Biographies</ref> Bede was made [[Doctor of the Church]] by Pope Leo XIII in 1899.

==Life==

==Life==