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  • noun (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)

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  • You may recollect the histories of St. Bede and St. Anselm.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • You may recollect the histories of St. Bede and St. Anselm.

    Blessed Newman 2009

  • The photo is taken in the Galilee Chapel directly behind the shrine of St. Bede.

    Archive 2007-07-01 2007

  • The photo is taken in the Galilee Chapel directly behind the shrine of St. Bede.

    Deacons with Bishop Tom 2007

  • English Way: Studies in English Sanctity from St. Bede to Newman, edited by Maisie Ward (London [1933], pp. 268-96).

    BAROQUE IN LITERATURE REN 1968

  • St. Jerome uses the singular always when referring to Britannia; and St. Bede, in his "History," uses the plural and singular indiscriminately.

    Bolougne-Sur-Mer St. Patrick's Native Town William Fleming

  • Ribera repeats the same opinion, and adds that Aretas, St. Bede, Haymo, St. Anselm, and Rupert affirm that for this reason the tribe of Dan is not numbered among those who are sealed in the Apocalypse….

    Cardinal Manning: Part VIII 1918

  • The first beginnings of the diocese are told by St. Bede

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • William of Malmesbury in later times counted him as the second Bishop of London, but St. Bede, almost a contemporary, never gives him that title.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • The "Ecclesiastical History" of St. Bede is crowded with references to princes and princesses who laid aside their royal diadems in order to visit the shrine of the Apostles; and the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" after his death takes up the same refrain.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

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