The Venerable Bede

The Venerable Bede was born in 673 and died in 735.  He was one of the most intelligent scholars in that time period.  A lot of people looked up to him.  One interesting fact about him is that at the age of 19 he became a deacon, and at age 30 he became a priest.  Another interesting fact is that he didn't become known as the Venerable Bede until his death.  The Venerable Bede wrote about 40 books in his life time.  Another cool thing about him is he spoke Latin, Greek, and Hebrew.  His topics that he knew a lot about are nature, astronomy, and poetry. He died as one of the most intelligent people in the world.


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