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Saint Ceolfrid (or Ceolfrith, Old English: [ˈtʃeːolfriθ]; also Geoffrey, c. 642 – 716) was an Anglo-Saxon Christian abbot and saint.He is best known as the warden of Bede from the age of seven until his death in 716.
The second source is the Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum by the Venerable Bede, written in 731. One of Bede's sources was the Life of Wilfrid itself, but he also had access to people who knew participants in the synod. For example, Bede knew Acca of Hexham, and dedicated many of his theological works to him. Acca was a companion of ...
An account of the overseas voyage to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and other places of the Holy Land. [182] Richard Hakluyt. Richard Hakluyt (1553–1616), an English author, editor and translator. Recognizing his contributions, the Hakluyt Society was founded in 1846, printing rare and unpublished accounts of voyages and travels.
Bede on the other hand places the events to shortly before Wilfrid's mission to the southern Saxons in the mid 680s, suggesting a later date. [ 166 ] [ 165 ] The chronicle's entry in 661 further records that in this year Eoppa became the first man to bring baptism to Wight after following the orders of Wulfhere and Wilfrid.
Bede (/ b iː d /; Old English: Bēda; 672/3 – 26 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (Latin: Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk, author and scholar. He was one of the greatest teachers and writers during the Early Middle Ages , and his most famous work, Ecclesiastical History of the English ...
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Alcuin soon found himself on intimate terms with Charlemagne and the other men at court, where pupils and masters were known by affectionate and jesting nicknames. [12] Alcuin himself was known as 'Albinus' or 'Flaccus'. While at Aachen, Alcuin bestowed pet names upon his pupils – derived mainly from Virgil's Eclogues. [13]