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- English theologian and historian, known
- as the Venerable Bede, active in Durham and
- Northumbria. He wrote many scientific,
- theological, and historical works. His
- Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis
- Anglorum/Ecclesiastical History of the
- English People 731 is a seminal source for
- early English history. Born at Monkwearmouth,
- Durham, he entered the local monastery at the
- age of seven, later transferring to Jarrow,
- where he became a priest in about 703. He
- devoted his life to writing and teaching;
- among his pupils was Egbert, archbishop of
- York.
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