![]() Besides his History, he also translated the Gospel of John into Old English and supplied commentaries on the Pentateuch and many other sacred writings. In his day, Bede was a scholar in many fields. Bede thus stands today as not only the earliest reliable chronicler of English history, but as the first biographer of an English poet. In it, Bede tells the story of Caedmon and the creation of Caedmon's Hymn, the oldest known English poem. This book, completed in 731, is a chronology of English history from the time of the Romans until Bede's day. The History of the English Church and People is his best known work, written in Latin. Bede spent his life studying and making commentary on the Holy Scriptures. He resided at the monastery of Wearmouth and Jarrow in Northumberland, England, from the age of seven until the end of his life. Bede was a monk and historian who lived from 673 until 735 A.D. ![]()
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