Bede :
Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, Book I:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/bede-book1.asp

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St. Bede was born in England. A Benedictine, he was "the most observant and the happiest of all monks." His writings were so full of sound doctrine that he was called "Venerable" while still alive. He wrote commentaries on Holy Scripture and treatises on theology and history. He died at Jarrow, England.
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