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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Example Sentences

This manuscript shows that the original Old English poem was reinserted into the Latin within 100 years of Bede finishing his History.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Rail services were stopped between Bede and South Shields for more than an hour after flooding on the line at Tyne Dock.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023

Although the academic push was important in enticing La Crescenta parents Krista and Justin Pagliuso, who enrolled their two school-age children in St. Bede from nearby high-performing public schools, community and faith were paramount.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2023

Paul Bede Johnson was born on Nov. 2, 1928, in Manchester, England, and grew up during the Great Depression.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023

When Bede wrote a history of the church in Britain, the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, he used the new calendar.

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