# Bede

> An eighth-century monk who gave the English-speaking world its founding history and taught medieval Europe to count years from the birth of Christ. His Ecclesiastical History remains the single most important source for understanding how England became Christian — and became England.

*Anglo-Saxon monk, writer and saint (672/3–735)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/bede

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 672
- **Died:** 735
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 672 on monastery lands in Northumbria, Bede entered Monkwearmouth at seven and moved to Jarrow under Abbot Ceolfrith. In 686 a plague killed most of the population there; he and Ceolfrith survived. He spent nearly his entire life within those walls, writing biblical commentaries, works on computus (the science of calculating calendar dates), and above all the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, which earned him the title "Father of English History." He helped popularize Anno Domini dating — counting forward from Christ's birth — a practice that became standard across medieval Europe. As a linguist and translator he made Greek and Latin Church Fathers accessible to his Anglo-Saxon contemporaries, shaping English Christianity from the inside. He died May 26, 735. A cult formed by the tenth century; his remains were moved to Durham Cathedral in 1020, and in 1899 Pope Leo XIII declared him a Doctor of the Church — the first native of Great Britain to receive that rank.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 65.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.8 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 25.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Academics, #Writer / Author, #Poetry, #News Broadcasting, #Literature, #History, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154938)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Bede)
- [بيدا (عالم لاهوت)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AA))
- [Beda](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beda)
- [Бэда Вялебны](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%92%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BD%D1%8B)
- [Беда Вялебны](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%92%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BD%D1%8B)
- [Беда Достопочтени](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8)
- [বিড](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1)
- [Beda Venerabilis](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beda_Venerabilis)
- [Beda](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beda)
- [Beda Ctihodný](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beda_Ctihodn%C3%BD)
- [Beda](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beda)
- [Beda](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beda)
- [Beda Venerabilis](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beda_Venerabilis)
- [Βέδας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AD%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Bede la Honorinda](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede_la_Honorinda)
- [Beda](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beda)
- [Beda](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beda)
- [Beda](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beda)
- [سنت بید](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AF)
- [Beda Venerabilis](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beda_Venerabilis)
- [Beda](https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beda)
- [Bède le Vénérable](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A8de_le_V%C3%A9n%C3%A9rable)
- [Beda](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beda)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bede)
- [Wikiquote](https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Beda_el_Venerable)
- [Wikiquote](https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AF)
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- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Beda_il_Venerabile)

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