St. Bede the Venerable

Bede entered the monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow at seven and spent his whole life there, praying, teaching and writing. His Ecclesiastical History of the English People is our main source for the conversion of England. He popularised dating years from the birth of Christ. He died dictating the last lines of a translation of St. John’s Gospel.

• Feast: May 27 (New Calendar)
• Lived: c. 673–735
• Place: Jarrow