Bede also appears to have taken quotes directly from his correspondents at times.

However, Bede, like Gregory the Great whom Bede quotes on the subject in the Historia, felt that faith brought about by miracles was a stepping stone to a higher, truer faith, and that as a result miracles had their place in a work designed to instruct.

For example, Bede quotes at length some speeches by people who were not his contemporaries and whose speeches do not appear in any other surviving source ; it is doubtful whether oral traditional history supported these ostensible quotations.

Bede also appears to have taken quotes directly from his correspondents at times.

A cult connected with Alban was already in existence in the 6th century, for Bede quotes a line from one of the Carmina ; of Venantius Fortunatus, Albanum egregium fæcunda Britannia profert (" Fruitful Britain holy Alban yields ").

In 1899, Bede was made a Doctor of the Church by Leo XIII, a position of theological significance ; 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's first abbot was Benedict Biscop, and the names " Biscop " and " Beda " both appear in a king list of the kings of Lindsey from around 800, further suggesting that Bede came from a noble family.

The name probably derives from the Old English bēd, or prayer ; if Bede was given the name at his birth, then his family had probably always planned for him to enter the clergy.

Depiction of the Venerable Bede ( on CLVIIIv ) from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493

Bede wrote scientific, historical and theological works, reflecting the range of his writings from music and metrics to exegetical Scripture commentaries.

At the end of the work, Bede added a brief autobiographical note ; this was an idea taken from Gregory of Tours ' earlier History of the Franks.

Bede relates the story of Augustine's mission from Rome, and tells how the British clergy refused to assist Augustine in the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons.

However, Bede ignores the fact that at the time of Augustine's mission, the history between the two was one of warfare and conquest, which, in the words of Barbara Yorke, would have naturally " curbed any missionary impulses towards the Anglo-Saxons from the British clergy.

The Historia Ecclesiastica has given Bede a high reputation, but his concerns were different from those of a modern writer of history.

Another difficulty is that manuscripts of early writers were often incomplete: it is apparent that Bede had access to Pliny's Encyclopedia, for example, but it seems that the version he had was missing book xviii, as he would almost certainly have quoted from it in his De temporum ratione.

This was based on parts of Isidore of Seville's Etymologies, and Bede also include a chronology of the world which was derived from Eusebius, with some revisions based on Jerome's translation of the bible.

His works were so influential that late in the 9th century Notker the Stammerer, a monk of the Monastery of St. Gall in Switzerland, wrote that " God, the orderer of natures, who raised the Sun from the East on the fourth day of Creation, in the sixth day of the world has made Bede rise from the West as a new Sun to illuminate the whole Earth ".

Bede dedicated this work to Cuthbert, apparently a student, for he is named " beloved son " in the dedication, and Bede says " I have laboured to educate you in divine letters and ecclesiastical statutes " Another textbook of Bede's is the De orthographia, a work on orthography, designed to help a medieval reader of Latin with unfamiliar abbreviations and words from classical Latin works.

Bede was familiar with pagan authors such as Virgil, but it was not considered appropriate to teach biblical grammar from such texts, and in De schematibus ... Bede argues for the superiority of Christian texts in understanding Christian literature.

Bede omits them from his list, even though it is evident that Penda held a considerable degree of power.

According to Bede, Æthelberht was descended directly from Hengist.

Bede, the earliest source to give dates, is thought to have drawn his information from correspondence with Albinus.

Augustine ’ s mission from Rome is known to have arrived in 597, and according to Bede, it was this mission that converted Æthelberht.

Bede says that Æthelberht received Bertha " from her parents ".

Bede, a Northumbrian, writing around the year 730, remarks that " the old ( that is, the continental ) Saxons have no king, but they are governed by several ealdormen ( or satrapa ) who, during war, cast lots for leadership but who, in time of peace, are equal in power.

The grammar was quoted by several writers in Britain of the 8th century-Aldhelm, Bede, Alcuin-and was abridged or largely used in the next century by Hrabanus Maurus of Fulda and Servatus Lupus of Ferrières.

Bede only adds several details, perhaps most importantly the name of this " proud tyrant ", whom he first calls Vertigernus in his Chronica Maiora and later in his Historia Vurtigernus.

" Michael Jones notes " There are in fact several adventus dates in Bede.

Bede records that Ine held Sussex in subjection for " several years ", but in 722 an exile named Ealdberht fled to Surrey and Sussex, and Ine invaded Sussex as a result.

The college consists of several distinct buildings, including the main Hild building, which is the administrative hub of the college containing the main college library, offices, computer room, common rooms and a large number of student rooms ; other larger accommodation blocks, such as Thorp, Christopher, Bede ; and several smaller houses such as Hild Gym, Bede Gym, Charles Stranks, Gables, Manor House, Manor Lodge, Belvedere and Grove House.

Holland is also home to several private Catholic schools: Villa Joseph Marie High School, an all-girls school, and St Bede Catholic School, affiliated with the church of the same name.

Bede describes Adrian ( or Hadrian, as he calls him in the Ecclesiastical History ), as not only a distinguished theologian, but eminently accomplished in secular learning ; he and Theodore, we are told, traversing all parts of the island, gathered multitudes of scholars around them wherever they appeared, and employed themselves daily with equal diligence and success in instructing those who flocked to them not only in the truths of religion but in the several branches of science and literature then cultivated.

Bede tells several legends associated with the story of Alban's execution.

Although the document of the Laws of Ine of Wessex do mention on several occasions the words ' Englische ', ' Englishmon ' and ' Englisc ' and not the word ' Anglo-Saxon ', written in the late 7th century before Bede, for both the people and language, clearly distinguishing the Germanic speakers from those speaking other languages within the British Isles.

C. Warren Hollister so ranks him among the most talented generation of writers of history since Bede, " a gifted historical scholar and an omnivorous reader, impressively well versed in the literature of classical, patristic and earlier medieval times as well as in the writings of his own contemporaries.

Nearly all Anglo-Saxon authors are anonymous, with a few exceptions, such as Bede and Caedmon.

Nonetheless, it is important to observe that the authors, despite their relatively good access to sources concerning the synod, still wrote at a considerable distance, and the accounts, especially the quotations attributed to the participants, are more likely to be summaries of how Bede and Stephen understood the issue rather than something like true quotations.

Nearly all Anglo-Saxon authors are anonymous: twelve are known by name from Medieval sources, but only four of those are known by their vernacular works to us today with any certainty: Caedmon, Bede, Alfred the Great, and Cynewulf.

For the period prior to Augustine's arrival in 597, Bede drew on earlier writers, including Solinus.

She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede ( 1859 ), The Mill on the Floss ( 1860 ), Silas Marner ( 1861 ), Middlemarch ( 1871 – 72 ), and Daniel Deronda ( 1876 ), most of them set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight.

Peter the Deacon gives a list of some seventy books Desiderius had copied at Monte Cassino, including works of Saint Augustine, Saint Ambrose, Saint Bede, Saint Basil, Saint Jerome, Saint Gregory of Nazianzus and Cassian, the registers of Popes Felix and Leo, the histories of Josephus, Paul Warnfrid, Jordanes and Saint Gregory of Tours, the Institutes and Novels of Justinian, the works of Terence, Virgil and Seneca, Cicero's De natura deorum, and Ovid's Fasti.

The 8th Century English historian Bede disagrees with Gildas, and states that the Saxon invasions continued after the battle of Mons Badonicus, including also Jutish and Anglic expeditions, resulting in a swift overrunning of the entirety of South-Eastern Britain, and the foundation of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

Nevertheless, at the time of the Dissolution, the monks of Battle Abbey were provided with pensions, including the abbot John Hamond and the prior Richard Salesherst, as well as monks John Henfelde, William Ambrose, Thomas Bede and Thomas Levett, all bachelors in theology.

The Wren Library houses a rare collection of over 277 manuscripts, including the text of the Venerable Bede.

Bede was primarily interested in the Christianization of England, but provides substantial information about secular history, including the reigns of Æthelberht and Eadbald.

Foxe based his accounts of martyrs before the early modern period on previous writers, including Eusebius, Bede, Matthew Paris, and many others.

The fall of Roman Britain at the beginning of the fifth century, according to Bede, allowed an influx of invaders from northern Germany including the Angles and Saxons.

Most Durham colleges insist on gowns being worn on formal occasions, including matriculation and formal halls ( dinners ); exceptions are Van Mildert, St Cuthbert's Society ( selected dinners only ), Collingwood, Stephenson, St Aidans, and The College of St Hild and St Bede ( matriculation only ).

Bede wrote about sixty years after the crucial events of Chad's episcopate, when the Continental pattern of territorial bishoprics and Benedictine monasticism had become established throughout the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, including Northumbria.

The Lichfield monastery was probably similar to that at Lastingham, and Bede makes clear that it was partly staffed by monks from Lastingham, including Chad's faithful retainer, Owin.

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference is headed by Archbishop Denis Hart and there are three Australian cardinals: including the current Archbishop of Sydney, George Pell, a former Archbishop of Sydney, Edward Bede Clancy, and the former President of the Vatican Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Edward Cassidy.

Australia has three living members of the College of Cardinals, including the current Archbishop of Sydney, George Pell, Edward Bede Clancy and Edward Idris Cassidy.

At this point some of the College buildings ( including much of the teaching facilities of the Bede site ) were occupied by the University's Department of Education, whilst the College centred its academic administration on the old Hild's site.

Hild Bede Theatre is the biggest college drama society in Durham and they put on at least 3 productions annually in Caedmon hall, including a musical at the beginning of the third term.

For the period prior to Augustine's arrival in 597, Bede drew on earlier writers, including Orosius, Eutropius, Pliny, and Solinus.

Two early buildings, particularly, made him notable among fellow architects: including the church of St Bede at Clapham in ( 1922 ) and St Saviour's, Acton in ( 1924 ), both built for the Royal Association in Aid of the Deaf and Dumb.

The main museum building features the ' Age of Bede ' exhibit, including excavated artifacts from the historic monastery such as stained glass, imported pottery, coins and stone carvings, and exhibits about Anglo-Saxon culture, Bede's life and works, the life of a monk, and the medieval Kingdom of Northumbria.

A small number of jet kitplanes have been built since the 1970s, including the tiny Bede Aircraft BD-5J.

The company also created and produced a number of advanced kit planes including the famous Bede BD-5 ( pusher propeller driven ) and BD-5J ( turbojet driven ).

The Psalter belongs to a group of manuscripts from Southern England known as the Tiberius group, also including the Stockholm Codex Aureus, Barberini Gospels, the Book of Cerne, the Tiberius Bede, and the Book of Nunnaminster.