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	The Venerable Bede
		Bede's influence both upon English and foreign scholarship was very great, and it would probably have been greater still but for the devastation inflicted upon the Northern monasteries by the inroads of the Danes less than a century after his death.
		Bede's exegetical writings both in his own idea and in that of his contemporaries stood supreme in importance among his works, but the list is long and cannot fully be given here.
		Venerable Bede is the earliest witness of pure Gregorian tradition in England.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/b/bede,venerable.html (1717 words)

	Bede
		Bede was born in 672 and at the age of seven began monastic training at the Benedictine monastery of St. Peter in Wearmouth.
		Bede was declared Venerable by the church in 836 and was canonised in 1899.
		Bede is the Patron Saint of scholars and historians.
	www.stbedesnewcastle.co.uk /Bede.htm (614 words)

	Bede - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bede became known as Venerable Bede soon after his death, but this was not linked to consideration for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church.
		Bede was proficient in patristic literature, and quotes Pliny the Younger, Virgil, Lucretius, Ovid, Horace, and other classical writers, but with some disapproval.
		Bede made a new calculation of the age of the earth and began the practice of dividing the Christian era into BC and AD.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bede (1285 words)

	Saint Michael Center - Saints
		Saint Joseph, the virginal spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who guarded and protected her in her Divine Maternity, is, as a member of the Holy Family, one of a trinity in Heaven which every Christian heart must turn to in veneration and prayer.
		Saint James (James the Less), brother of Saint Simon and Saint Jude, and the fist Bishop of Jerusalem, was thrown from the top of the Temple of Jerusalem by the Jews, and then clubbed to death in the street.
		Saint Bede was educated by a saint, Saint Benedict Biscop, and was ordained by a saint, Saint John of Beverley.
	www.smcenter.org /events_saints_may01.htm (4894 words)

	The Venerable Bede
		Bede was regarded as a saint in the north of England, but his cult never spread to the south.
		Bede was also unique in that he carefully noted when he borrowed from the writings of others (a refreshing honesty in that age of unscrupulous copying).
		The Venerable Bede died on May 25, 735, and was canonized by Pope Leo XIII in 1899.
	www.britainexpress.com /History/bio/bede.htm (406 words)

	1000Questions.net - Bede the Venerable
		Bede entered the monastery at Jarrow for his educa-tion at the age of seven and stayed ther the remaining fifty-five years of his life.
		Bede is best known for his writings, particularly The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, considered one of the great historical works of all time and still widely read.
		Bede died after a brief illness while singing the doxology, sitting on the floor of his cell where he had asked his fellow monks to place him.
	www.1000questions.net /en/Who_is_Who/bede_the_venerable.html (197 words)

	Bede information - Search.com
		Bede became known as Venerable Bede soon after his death, but this was not linked to consideration for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church.
		Bede was proficient in patristic literature, and quotes Pliny the Younger, Virgil, Lucretius, Ovid, Horace, and other classical writers, but with some disapproval.
		Bede made a new calculation of the age of the earth and began the practice of dividing the Christian era into BC and AD.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Bede (1513 words)

	BEDE THE VENERABLE, Saint
		Bede’s studies and writings were devoted to religious purpose.
		Bede wrote about 40 works, among them commentaries on the books of the Bible, biographies of saints and of the abbots of his monastery (Historia Abbatum, c.
		Bede was canonized in 1899; his feast day is May 27, the day of his death.
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	Ø Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine \| The Venerable Bede \| Saint Venerable Bede of Northumbria Wearmouth Jarrow
		Bede was a spiritual student of his abbey’s founder, St Benedict Biscop, and was ordained in 702 by St John of Beverley.
		Bede died on this day in 735, aged about 63, a long life in those days; the day was the moveable feast of the vigil, or eve of the Ascension.
		Bede became known as ‘Venerable Bede’ soon after his death, but was not for centuries approved for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church.
	www.wilsonsalmanac.com /venerable_bede.html (1747 words)

	The Venerable Bede - Britannia Biographies
		Bede was born at Tyne, in County Durham, and was taken as a child of seven to the monastery of Wearmouth.
		Bede's writings are considered the best summary of this period of history ever prepared.
		As we celebrate the new millennium, we are indebted to Bede, as it is to this man that we owe, from his historical accounts, our dating of years from the birth of Christ.
	www.britannia.com /bios/bede.html (346 words)

	SAINT BEDE THE VENERABLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		There we learn that Bede was orphaned at seven (he was born in 673), placed in the care of the Benedictine monks at the Abbey of Wearmouth in Northumbria, and a little later was sent to Jarrow, a nearby sisterabbey.
		Bede drew his facts, he tells us, from "ancient documents, from the traditions of our forebears, and from my own personal knowledge, " and his book is a rich mine of detailed, accurate information about every aspect of early English life, especially the missionary efforts of Augustine and the others who Christianized the country.
		Remembered with respect for centuries as "the Venerable Bede," the good monk received a greater title in 1899, when Pope Leo XIII approved the popular veneration of Saint Bede and declared him a Doctor of the Church.
	www.stfrancisvernon.org /stbede.htm (487 words)

	Saint Bede, Sermon on "The Visitation" Lives of the Saints, Mysteries of the Rosary, On-Line Rosary CD
		Above all other saints, she alone could truly rejoice in Jesus, her savior, for she knew that he who was the source of eternal salvation would be born in time in her body, in one person both her own son and her Lord.
		Saint Bede is considered one of the most learned men of his time and a major influence on English literature.
		He was given the title "the Venerable" to acknowledge his wisdom and learning, a title formalized at the Council of Aachen in 853.
	www.catholicradiodramas.com /Saints_Works_B/Bede_Mary_Proclaims_the_Greatness_of_the_Lord.htm (656 words)

	Bede Summary
		Bede is chiefly remembered as the author of the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, the most important source of information about Anglo-Saxon England prior to 731 (the date of the work's completion).
		Bede's whole life was associated with the twin monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, founded by Benedict Biscop in 673–681.
		Bede: Depiction of Bede from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493.
	www.bookrags.com /Bede (417 words)

	Welcome to St Bede
		Saint Bede the Venerable is a parish of 1,225+ households located in Montgomery, Alabama.
		Bede actually began as a mission church in the 1920s, but officially became a parish in 1946.
		The St. Bede parish now includes the St. Bede School, a 360-student K-6 facility that was built in 1958, and the St. Bede Children's Center, which is now in our new Family Life/Child Development Center.
	www.stbede.org (126 words)

	SAINT BEDE OF JARROW - A Holy Orthodox Saint of Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Our holy Father Bede the Venerable was born in the year 673 on the lands of the monastery of St. Paul at Jarrow in Northumbria.
		At the age of nineteen Bede was ordained to the diaconate by St. John, bishop of Beverley, and to the priesthood by the same holy bishop when he was thirty years old.
		Bede's last illness and blessed repose was described by Cuthbert, later abbot of Jarrow:- "He lived joyfully, giving thanks to God day and night, yea, at all hours, until the feast of the Ascension.
	www.orthodox.net /western-saints/bede-of-jarrow.html (992 words)

	Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: People: Saints: B: Saint Bede the Venerable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Bede the Venerable · cached · Short biography of this Doctor of the Church.
		Bede the Venerable · iweb · cached · Profile of the Father of English History.
		Saint Bede, Confessor, Father of the Church · cached · From Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=107335 (206 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Bede: Life of St. Cuthbert
		Bede was born in 673, in Northumberland, became a monk and died at Jarrow in 735.
		For a venerable handmaid of Christ, Elfled by name, who, amid the joys of virginity, devoted her motherly care and piety to several companies of Christ's handmaids, and added to the lustre of her princely birth the brighter excellence of exalted virtue, was inspired with much love towards the holy man of God.
		The venerable man, whose aim was rather the splendour of the heavenly than of an earthly mansion, having taken hay, or clay, or whatever he could get, had filled up the crevices, that he might not be disturbed from the earnestness of his prayers by the daily violence of the winds and storms.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/bede-cuthbert.html (15261 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Bede the Venerable
		Ordained in 702 by Saint John of Beverley.
		On Tuesday before the feast of the Ascension, Bede's breathing became labored and a slight swelling appeared in his legs.
		And so Bede, as he lay upon the floor of his cell, sang, "Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit." And when he had named the Holy Spirit, he breathed his last breath.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintb10.htm (838 words)

	Saints of May 25
		Saint Cuthbert of how when illness and weakness came upon him at the end of his life, his translation of Saint John's Gospel into the English tongue was still unfinished.
		Saint Dionysius succeed Saint Protasius as bishop of Milan in 351.
		Saint Bede, this was the final sign of unity from diversity, which was the main theme of his Ecclesiastical History.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0525.htm (5456 words)

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		Bede says that they were "one single monastery built in two different places." They were under one abbot.
		In his nineteenth year Bede was ordained a deacon by Bishop John of Beverley; and in his thirtieth year he was ordained a priest, in each instance at the express wish of the abbot.
		Among the items listed as held by Bede are: praying to the Blessed Virgin and the saints, the use of holy water and holy oil, the hearing of confessions, with absolution being given or deferred, the offering of Mass, reservation of the Blessed Sacrament, and praying for the dead.
	members.core.com /~figueroa/bede.htm (1411 words)

	The Venerable Bede
		Venerable Bede is most noted for his writings on English history and his Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
		Venerable Bede is also the earliest witness of pure Gregorian tradition in England.
		As Saint Bede is the eminent doctor, historian of the Church for all humankind, Jesus is the dominant One throughout all of History.
	www.doctorsofthecatholicchurch.com /BV.html (4108 words)

	The Ecole Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Bede was known for his teaching abilities, and many of his works, such as De orthographia, served as textbooks for the monks.
		Many consider Bede the first modern historian because he was careful to separate fact from legend and because he cited his sources.
		Bede died of asthma in 735, shortly after he had finished translating the gospel according to St. John into Anglo-Saxon.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/bede.html (235 words)

	Bede the Venerable, Saint -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Bede also spelled Baeda or Beda Anglo-Saxon theologian, historian, and chronologist, best known today for his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (“Ecclesiastical History of the English People”), a source vital to the history of the conversion to Christianity of the Anglo-Saxon tribes.
		The venerable by which Saint Bede is commonly known (“the Venerable Bede,” or...
		The island nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is part of the Windward Islands of the West Indies.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9014056 (903 words)

	St. Bede
		Bede must have sometimes had a share in such employments, and he was always cheerful, obedient, and indefatigable.
		Bede tells us of himself that he applied himself wholly to the meditation of the holy scriptures, and amidst the observance of regular discipline, and the daily care of singing in the church, it was his delight to be always employed either in learning, teaching, or writing.
		It was the happiness of Venerable Bede, that receiving his education under the direction of saints, by their example, spirit, and instructions he learned from his infancy the maxims and practice of perfect sanctity.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/STBEDE.htm (2858 words)

	St. Bede's Episcopal Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Bede the Venerable lived his life in the darkest of times and was indeed a light shining in that darkness.
		Bede lived into his 50s, which was very old for that day.
		Christ is the Morning Star who when the night of this world is past brings to his saints the promise of the light of life and opens everlasting day.
	www.stbedes.org /bede.htm (337 words)

	livres_gratuit_de_bede_le_venerable
		Saint Bède le Vénérable devient l'un des plus grands savants de son époque, Saint Bède le Vénérable rencontre saint Théodore et l'abbé Adrien, grands érudits, qui parcourent la Grande-Bretagne afin de former des disciples.
		Saint Bède le Vénérable a laissé de nombreux écrits fort intéressants bien que très peu connus du grand public.
		Saint Bède le Vénérable s’intéresse également au phénomène des marées, très frappant à Jarrow et Wearmouth, situés à l’embouchure de la Tyde.
	www.jesusmarie.com /bede_le_venerable.html (548 words)

	Saint Bede Abbey Home Page
		Saint Bede Abbey is a Roman Catholic community of men who live according to a tradition of monastic life that began in the early centuries of Christianity.
		We wish to contribute to the building up of the local and universal church through bearing witness to Christian values by our way of life and by helping others directly through hospitality, education, pastoral ministry, and other forms of service that are compatible with community life.
		One of these services is the ownership and operation of St. Bede Academy, a day school for young men and women of the locality in grades 9 through 12.
	www.stbedeabbey.org (307 words)

	Saint Bede the Venerable \| Biography \| Online Writings of the Venerable Bede -Welcome to The Crossroads Initiative
		Bede, born around 673AD in the northeast area of what is now England, entered the Benedictine monastery of Warmouth at age 7.
		Even in his lifetime he was renowned for the greatness of his biblical teaching and historical writing for which he is known as the father of British history.
		It was not long after his death in 735 AD that Bede was given the popular title "Venerable." Known as one of the last Fathers of the Church, he was also according the title of Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII in 1899.
	www.crossroadsinitiative.com /library_author/44/St._Bede_the_Venerable.html (356 words)

	St. Bede the Venerable - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
		Bede is one of the few saints honored as such even during his lifetime.
		At an early age Bede was entrusted to the care of the abbot of the Monastery of St. Paul, Jarrow.
		Bede died in 735 praying his favorite prayer: “Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
	www.americancatholic.org /Features/SaintOfDay/default.asp?id=1394 (509 words)

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