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Bede
Anglo-Saxon monk, writer and saint (672/3–735)
"Beda" redirects here. For other uses, see Beda (disambiguation) and Bede (disambiguation).
Saint Bede the Venerable | |
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The Venerable Bede writing. Detail from a 12th-century codex. | |
| Born | c. 673[1] Kingdom of Northumbria, possibly Monkwearmouth in present-day Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England[1] |
| Died | 26 May 735 (aged 61 or 62) Jarrow, Northumbria[1] |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church,[2]Anglican Communion, and Lutheranism |
| Canonized | Declared a Doctor of the Church in 1899 by Pope Leo XIII, Rome |
| Major shrine | Durham Cathedral, England |
| Feast | |
| Attributes | Holding the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, a quill, a biretta |
| Patronage | English writers and historians; Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England, Beda College, San Beda University, San Beda College Alabang |
| Influences | |
Bede (; Old English: Bēda[ˈbeːdɑ] 2 Bede: From Ecclesiastical History of the English People FYT