Bede

American  

[beed] / bid /

noun

1. Saint the Venerable Bede, a.d. 673?–735, English monk, historian, and theologian: wrote earliest history of England.

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Bede British  

/ biːd /

noun

1. Latin name: Baeda. Saint , known as the Venerable Bede . ?673–735 _ad , English monk, scholar, historian, and theologian, noted for his Latin Ecclesiastical History of the English People (731). Feast day: May 27 or 25

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Bede seems often to have known no more than we do today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The poem survives today because it was copied into certain manuscripts of Ecclesiastical History of the English People, an 8th century history written in Latin by the English monk Bede.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026

Historians have long-been intrigued by a reference by the 8th Century monk-chronicler Bede to the royal complex at Rendlesham, Suffolk.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023

St. Bede is located in affluent La Cañada Flintridge, where La Cañada Unified was just ranked the fourth-best school district in California by Niche.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2023

It may seem bizarre to suggest that Dionysius and Bede made a mistake when they forgot to include zero in their calendar.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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