Venerable Bede
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Venerable Bede was an 8th-century English monk, historian, and theologian best known for his work "Ecclesiastical History of the English People," which earned him the title "Father of English History."
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bede | 21 |
| Venerable Bede canonical | 6 |
| Saint Bede | 3 |
| Bede the Venerable | 1 |
| Saint Bede the Venerable | 1 |
| St. Bede the Venerable | 1 |
| The Venerable Bede | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T465884 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Venerable Bede Context triple: [Miserando atque eligendo, associatedWith, Venerable Bede]
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Ælfric of Eynsham
Ælfric of Eynsham was a late 10th- to early 11th-century Anglo-Saxon abbot and writer renowned for his homilies, biblical commentaries, and influential works in Old English prose.
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Saint Benedict of Nursia
Saint Benedict of Nursia was a 6th-century Christian monk and founder of Western monasticism, best known for composing the influential Rule of Saint Benedict that shaped Benedictine and later monastic life.
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John Cassian
John Cassian was a prominent early Christian monk and theologian whose writings helped transmit the spirituality and ascetic practices of the Egyptian Desert Fathers to Western monasticism.
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Gregory the Great
Gregory the Great was a 6th-century pope and Doctor of the Church renowned for his influential reforms of the liturgy, promotion of Gregorian chant, and extensive theological writings.
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Anselm of Canterbury
Anselm of Canterbury was an 11th-century Benedictine monk, philosopher, and Archbishop of Canterbury, renowned as a foundational figure in scholastic theology and for formulating influential arguments about God’s existence and the nature of salvation.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Venerable Bede Target entity description: Venerable Bede was an 8th-century English monk, historian, and theologian best known for his work "Ecclesiastical History of the English People," which earned him the title "Father of English History."
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A.
Ælfric of Eynsham
Ælfric of Eynsham was a late 10th- to early 11th-century Anglo-Saxon abbot and writer renowned for his homilies, biblical commentaries, and influential works in Old English prose.
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B.
Saint Benedict of Nursia
Saint Benedict of Nursia was a 6th-century Christian monk and founder of Western monasticism, best known for composing the influential Rule of Saint Benedict that shaped Benedictine and later monastic life.
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C.
John Cassian
John Cassian was a prominent early Christian monk and theologian whose writings helped transmit the spirituality and ascetic practices of the Egyptian Desert Fathers to Western monasticism.
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D.
Gregory the Great
Gregory the Great was a 6th-century pope and Doctor of the Church renowned for his influential reforms of the liturgy, promotion of Gregorian chant, and extensive theological writings.
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E.
Anselm of Canterbury
Anselm of Canterbury was an 11th-century Benedictine monk, philosopher, and Archbishop of Canterbury, renowned as a foundational figure in scholastic theology and for formulating influential arguments about God’s existence and the nature of salvation.
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Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
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Doctor of the Church ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ monk ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Venerable Bede
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surface form:
Bede the Venerable
Venerable Bede ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Bede
Venerable Bede ⓘ
surface form:
The Venerable Bede
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| birthDate |
c. 672
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c. 673 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | near Monkwearmouth, Northumbria ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Durham Cathedral
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surface form:
Durham Cathedral (relics)
Jarrow ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | canonized saint ⓘ |
| church |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| citizenship | Kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 735-05-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Jarrow, Northumbria ⓘ |
| declaredDoctorOfTheChurchBy | Pope Leo XIII ⓘ |
| declaredDoctorOfTheChurchInYear | 1899 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey
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surface form:
Monastery of Jarrow
Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey ⓘ
surface form:
Monastery of Monkwearmouth
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| era | Early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| feastDay |
May 25
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May 26 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biblical exegesis
ⓘ
chronology ⓘ church history ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Venerable ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Christian chronologists
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medieval English historiography ⓘ |
| knownFor |
systematizing the Anno Domini dating system in Western Europe
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writing a comprehensive history of the early English church ⓘ |
| languageOfWriting |
Latin
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Old English ⓘ |
| monasticOrder |
Benedictines
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surface form:
Benedictine Order
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| name |
Venerable Bede
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bede
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| notableWork |
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
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surface form:
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
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| occupation |
biblical commentator
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historian ⓘ monk ⓘ teacher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfWork | Latin ⓘ |
| region | Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey ⓘ |
| title | Father of English History ⓘ |
| wrote |
De rerum natura
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surface form:
De natura rerum
De temporum ratione ⓘ Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
surface form:
Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum
biblical commentaries ⓘ hagiographies ⓘ homilies ⓘ |
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Referenced by (34)
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