Bede

[beed]

noun

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

Also Baeda.

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Bede tells us that there were three different branches of this race.
English Villages
P. H. Ditchfield
Bede's picture of it is a true one; and for that reason it comes home to us.
Legends of the Saxon Saints
Aubrey de Vere
Bede had translated the Gospel of St. John, but this work is lost.
A Literary History of the English People
Jean Jules Jusserand
Then—Bede says that they were punished for this sin—the East Saxons fell into trouble.
The History of London
Walter Besant
Bede tells that the saint bore the united name of Columbkill.
Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1
James Y. Simpson

British Dictionary definitions for bede

Bede

noun

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 25Latin name: Baeda

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