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Acknowledgements.Addeddate 06:28:32 Associated-names Giles, J. Photographs are copyright the photographer, except where noted. Here are buried the bones of the Venerable BedeĬopyright © Durham World Heritage Site, 2010-23. In fact, ‘the Venerable Bede’ comes from the Latin inscription on Bede’s tomb in Durham Cathedral, reading: They were brought from Jarrow by a monk called Alfred who had them buried alongside Cuthbert’s relics, where they remained until they were moved to the Cathedral’s Galilee Chapel in the 14 th century. The Venerable Bede’s bones have been in Durham Cathedral since 1022. He is often referred to as ‘ The Father of English History.’ Bede’s Association with Durham

Why Was the Venerable Bede Important?Īlthough Bede was a polymath and religious figure who described himself as having “ devoted energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church” and for whom “study, teaching, and writing had always been delight", he is remembered today as the earliest English historian, whose work has shed light on a period of English history that would have otherwise been unknown.

Read more about the Life and Death of Bede. However, his most famous writing was on theology and history and his best known work is The Ecclesiastical History of the English People. He also wrote the first martyrology (a chronicle about the lives of the saints). He lived and died in between the twin monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow in the North East of England between 673 and 735 AD and wrote or translated some forty books on practically every area of knowledge, including nature, astronomy, and poetry. The Venerable Bede – also known as St Bede – is widely regarded as the greatest of all the Anglo-Saxon scholars.

How did he come to gain that title? Who Was the Venerable Bede?

The Venerable Bedeīede was known as the Father of English History. Watch a 2 minute film about Bede and his Ecclesiastical History of the English People.