The Lives of the Holy Abbots: Benedict, Ceolfrid, Easterwine, Sigfrid, and Huetberht
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church History, Denominations, Catholic, Catholicism
| Author: | Bede | ISBN: | 9781619825918 |
| Publisher: | Charles River Editors | Publication: | January 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bede |
| ISBN: | 9781619825918 |
| Publisher: | Charles River Editors |
| Publication: | January 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Bede (pronounced "Bead, 672? 26 May 735), also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede (Latin: Beda Venerabilis), was a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth, today part of Sunderland, England, and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow (see Wearmouth-Jarrow), both in the Kingdom of Northumbria. Bede's monastery had access to a superb library which included works by Eusebius and Orosius among many others.He is well known as an author and scholar, and his most famous work, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) gained him the title "The Father of English History". This edition of The Lives of the Holy Abbots is specially formatted and includes a Table of Contents.
Bede (pronounced "Bead, 672? 26 May 735), also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede (Latin: Beda Venerabilis), was a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth, today part of Sunderland, England, and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow (see Wearmouth-Jarrow), both in the Kingdom of Northumbria. Bede's monastery had access to a superb library which included works by Eusebius and Orosius among many others.He is well known as an author and scholar, and his most famous work, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) gained him the title "The Father of English History". This edition of The Lives of the Holy Abbots is specially formatted and includes a Table of Contents.
