Bede

[ beed ]

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

/ (biːd) /


noun
  1. 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: Latin name: Baeda

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