Bede (Noun)
Meaning
(Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Bede lived in Jarrow, a small monastery in northeastern England, for most of his life, devoting himself to study and writing.
- He followed the daily routine of prayer and literary work in the scriptorium of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey as prescribed by Bede's abbot.
- Bede served as a monk at the dual monastery of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow and spent a significant portion of his life studying the scriptures and teaching students.
- Bede was offered to be consecrated to be the Bishop of a union including Hexham, however there is some evidence he may not have gone through with his supposed consecration.
- According to the scholar and chronicler Bede, Aethelred allowed the raiders to take from the monks treasure, gold, but asked that they have no more lives lost.