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Bede Saint
Birth: unknown
Death: 5-26
Birth Date Prefix: 672/673
Death Date Prefix: 735
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Mentioned in Frances's notes on Joseph Milner's History of the Christian Church. Bede was a noted historian and scholar. He earned the title "The Father of English History." From Wikipedia: "In 1899, Bede was made a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII; he is the only native of Great Britain to achieve this designation (Anselm of Canterbury, also a Doctor of the Church, was originally from Italy). Bede was moreover a skilled linguist and translator, and his work made the Latin and Greek writings of the early Church Fathers much more accessible to his fellow Anglo-Saxons, contributing significantly to English Christianity. Bede's monastery had access to an impressive library which included works by Eusebius and Orosius, among many others."
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Mentioned in Frances's notes on Joseph Milner's History of the Christian Church. Bede was a noted historian and scholar. He earned the title "The Father of English History." From Wikipedia: "In 1899, Bede was made a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII; he is the only native of Great Britain to achieve this designation (Anselm of Canterbury, also a Doctor of the Church, was originally from Italy). Bede was moreover a skilled linguist and translator, and his work made the Latin and Greek writings of the early Church Fathers much more accessible to his fellow Anglo-Saxons, contributing significantly to English Christianity. Bede's monastery had access to an impressive library which included works by Eusebius and Orosius, among many others."
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