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'''Bede''' ({{IPAc-en|b|iː|d}}; {{lang-ang|Bēda}} {{IPA-ang|ˈbeːdɑ|}}; 672/3{{spnd}}26 May 735), also known as '''Saint Bede''', '''the Venerable Bede''', and '''Bede the Venerable''' ({{lang-la|Beda Venerabilis}}), was an English [[monk]], author and scholar. He was one of the greatest teachers and writers during the [[Early Middle Ages]], and his most famous work, ''[[Ecclesiastical History of the English People]]'', gained him the title "The Father of [[History of England|English History]]". He served at the [[monastery]] of St Peter and its companion monastery of St Paul in the [[Kingdom of Northumbria]] of the [[Angles (tribe)|Angles]].
Born on lands belonging to the twin monastery of [[Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey|Monkwearmouth–Jarrow]] in present-day [[Tyne and Wear]], England, Bede was sent to [[Monkwearmouth]] at the age of seven and later joined Abbot [[Ceolfrith]] at [[Jarrow]]. Both of them survived a plague that struck in 686 and killed the majority of the population there<ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Francis |date=2020-03-26 |title=How plague shaped a great historian |url=https://catholicherald.co.uk/how-plague-shaped-a-great-historian/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Catholic Herald |language=en-GB}}</ref>. While Bede spent most of his life in the monastery, he travelled to several abbeys and monasteries across the British Isles, even visiting the [[archbishop of York]] and King [[Ceolwulf of Northumbria]].
His theological writings were extensive and included a number of Biblical commentaries and other works of [[Exegesis|exegetical]] erudition. Another important area of study for Bede was the academic discipline of ''[[computus]]'', otherwise known to his contemporaries as the science of calculating calendar dates. One of the more important dates Bede tried to compute was Easter, an effort that was mired in controversy. He also helped popularize the practice of dating forward from the birth of Christ (''[[Anno Domini]]—''in the year of our Lord), a practice which eventually became commonplace in medieval Europe. He is considered by many historians to be the most important scholar of antiquity for the period between the death of [[Pope Gregory I]] in 604 and the coronation of [[Charlemagne]] in 800.
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