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Bede (/ b iː d /; Old English: Bēda; 672/3 – 26 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (Latin: Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk, author and scholar. He was one of the most known writers during the Early Middle Ages , and his most famous work, Ecclesiastical History of the English People , gained ...
Venerable Martin of the Thebaid, monk. [2] [11] Venerable Abraham of Mount Latros, ascetic. [12] Saint Thomas, Abbot of the monastery of St. Euthymius (542) [2] [13]
Medieval manuscripts abound in abbreviations, owing in part to the abandonment of the uncial, or quasi-uncial, and the almost universal use of the cursive, hand.The medieval writer inherited a few from Christian antiquity; others he invented or adapted, in order to save time and parchment.
Bede says virtually nothing of the monk's early life, save that he was a monk at the ancient monastery on the island of Iona from a relatively young age and that he was of Irish descent. [1] [2] According to Catholic tradition, in Aidan's early years, he was a disciple of Saint Senan on Inis Cathaigh. [3] Aidan was known for his strict ...
The 7th/8th-century English monk St Bede was called venerable soon after his death and is still often called "the Venerable Bede" or "Bede the Venerable" despite having been canonized in 1899. This is also the honorific used for hermits of the Carthusian order in place of the usual term of reverend.
Archdeacons are usually styled as The Venerable (The Ven). Priors of monasteries may be styled as The Very Reverend. Abbots of monasteries may be styled as The Right Reverend. [12] Bishops are styled as The Right Reverend or His Lordship. [13]
Venerable Simeon the Monk (King Stefan the First-Crowned) – 7 October [O.S. 24 September] Venerable Sinaites : Romylos of Ravanica , Roman, Nestor, Martirije, Sisoje, Zosim of Tuman and Jov – 19 May [ O.S. 6 May]
Sources make no mention of why Pope Gregory chose a monk to head the mission. Pope Gregory once wrote to Æthelberht complimenting Augustine's knowledge of the Bible, so Augustine was evidently well educated. Other qualifications included administrative ability, for Gregory was the abbot of St Andrews as well as being pope, which left the day ...