The popularity of Bede and the cult surrounding him only intensified during the revival of monasticism in the tenth century. (Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Concilia, 2/2, 1908, 359). In 836 at the Council of Aachen in he was described as an ‘honourable and admirable teacher and was considered to be an equal of the Church Fathers. Indeed shortly following his death, Bede came to be regarded as a saint. Bede was never formally canonized as a Saint, quite often the development of sanctity in the Early Medieval period depended upon local interest. Often referred to as ‘Venerable’ – this is the first of 3 stages leading to canonization. He is the only Englishman to be named a Doctor of the Church, a title conferred onto him by Pope Leo XIII in 1899 for Bede’s contribution to theological writings. But who was Bede and why is he often accredited as the Father of English History? Bede the Monkīede was a Northumbrian monk, he was born around 673 and he died in 735 AD. Undoubtedly a title that holds great honour and reverence. Bede is often accorded the title ‘The Father of English History’.
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