No More Learning

_]

The same year Tatwine was consecrated ninth archbishop of the church of
Canterbury, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Ethelbald, king of the
Mercians. [_Ibid. _]

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Thus much of the Ecclesiastical History of Britain, and more especially of
the English nation, as far as I could learn either from the writings of
the ancients, or the tradition of our forefathers, or of my own knowledge,
with the help of the Lord, I, Bede,(1041) the servant of Christ, and
priest of the monastery of the blessed Apostles, Peter and Paul, which is
at Wearmouth and Jarrow,(1042) have set forth. Having been born in the
territory of that same monastery, I was given, by the care of kinsmen, at
seven years of age, to be educated by the most reverend Abbot
Benedict,(1043) and afterwards by Ceolfrid,(1044) and spending all the
remaining time of my life a dweller in that monastery, I wholly applied
myself to the study of Scripture; and amidst the observance of monastic
rule, and the daily charge of singing in the church, I always took delight
in learning, or teaching, or writing. In the nineteenth year of my age, I
received deacon’s orders; in the thirtieth, those of the priesthood, both
of them by the ministry of the most reverend Bishop John,(1045) and at the
bidding of the Abbot Ceolfrid. From the time when I received priest’s
orders, till the fifty-ninth year of my age, I have made it my business,
for my own needs and those of my brethren, to compile out of the works of
the venerable Fathers, the following brief notes on the Holy Scriptures,
and also to make some additions after the manner of the meaning and
interpretation given by them:(1046)

On the Beginning of Genesis, to the birth of Isaac and the casting out of
Ishmael, four books.

Concerning the Tabernacle and its Vessels, and of the Vestments of the
Priests, three books.

On the first part of Samuel, to the Death of Saul, three books.

Concerning the Building of the Temple, of Allegorical Exposition, and
other matters, two books.

Likewise on the Book of Kings, thirty Questions. (1047)

On the Proverbs of Solomon, three books.

On the Song of Songs, seven books.

On Isaiah, Daniel, the twelve Prophets, and Part of Jeremiah, Divisions of
Chapters, collected from the Treatise of the blessed Jerome.

On Ezra and Nehemiah, three books.

On the song of Habakkuk, one book.

On the Book of the blessed Father Tobias, one Book of Allegorical
Explanation concerning Christ and the Church.

Also, Chapters of Readings on the Pentateuch of Moses, Joshua, and Judges;

On the Books of Kings and Chronicles;

On the Book of the blessed Father Job;

On the Proverbs,(1048) Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs;

On the Prophets Isaiah, Ezra, and Nehemiah.

On the Gospel of Mark, four books.

On the Gospel of Luke, six books.

Of Homilies on the Gospel, two books.

On the Apostle,(1049) whatsoever I have found in the works of St.
Augustine I have taken heed to transcribe in order.

On the Acts of the Apostles, two books.

On the seven Catholic Epistles, a book on each.

On the Revelation of St. John, three books.

Likewise, Chapters of Lessons on all the New Testament, except the Gospel.

Likewise a book of Epistles to divers Persons, of which one is of the Six
Ages of the world; one of the Halting-places of the Children of Israel;
one on the words of Isaiah, “And they shall be shut up in the prison, and
after many days shall they be visited”;(1050) one of the Reason of
Leap-Year, and one of the Equinox, according to Anatolius. (1051)

Likewise concerning the Histories of Saints: I translated the Book of the
Life and Passion of St. Felix, Confessor,(1052) from the metrical work of
Paulinus, into prose; the Book of the Life and Passion of St.
Anastasius,(1053) which was ill translated from the Greek, and worse
amended by some ignorant person, I have corrected as to the sense as far
as I could; I have written the Life of the Holy Father Cuthbert,(1054) who
was both monk and bishop, first in heroic verse, and afterwards in prose.

The History of the Abbots of this monastery, in which I rejoice to serve
the Divine Goodness, to wit, Benedict, Ceolfrid, and Huaetbert,(1055) in
two books.

The Ecclesiastical History of our Island and Nation, in five books.

The Martyrology of the Festivals of the Holy Martyrs, in which I have
carefully endeavoured to set down all whom I could find, and not only on
what day, but also by what sort of combat, and under what judge they
overcame the world.

A Book of Hymns in divers sorts of metre, or rhythm.

A Book of Epigrams in heroic or elegiac verse.

Of the Nature of Things, and of the Times, one book of each; likewise, of
the Times, one larger book.

A book of Orthography arranged in Alphabetical Order.

Likewise a Book of the Art of Poetry, and to it I have added another
little Book of Figures of Speech or Tropes; that is, of the Figures and
Modes of Speech in which the Holy Scriptures are written.

And I beseech Thee, good Jesus, that to whom Thou hast graciously granted
sweetly to drink in the words of Thy knowledge, Thou wilt also vouchsafe
in Thy loving-kindness that he may one day come to Thee, the Fountain of
all wisdom, and appear for ever before Thy face.





CONTINUATION


_The Continuation of Bede. _(1056)

In the year 731 King Ceolwulf was taken prisoner, and tonsured, and sent
back to his kingdom; Bishop Acca was driven from his see.

In the year 732, Egbert(1057) was made Bishop of York, in the room of
Wilfrid.

[Cynibert Bishop of Lindsey died. ]

[In the year of our Lord 733, Archbishop Tatwine, having received the pall
by Apostolic authority, ordained Alwic(1058) and Sigfrid,(1059) bishops. ]

In the year 733, there was an eclipse of the sun on the 14th day of August
about the third hour, in such wise that the whole orb of the sun seemed to
be covered with a black and gloomy shield.

In the year 734, the moon, on the 31st of January, about the time of
cock-crowing, was, for about a whole hour, coloured blood-red, after which
a blackness followed, and she regained her wonted light.

In the year from the Incarnation of Christ, 734, bishop Tatwine died.

In the year 735, Nothelm was ordained archbishop; and bishop Egbert,
having received the pall from the Apostolic see, was the first to be
established as archbishop(1060) after Paulinus, and he ordained
Frithbert,(1061) and Frithwald(1062) bishops; and the priest Bede
died. (1063)

In the year 737, an excessive drought rendered the land unfruitful; and
Ceolwulf, voluntarily receiving the tonsure, left the kingdom to
Eadbert. (1064)

In the year 739, Edilhart,(1065) king of the West-Saxons, died, as did
Archbishop Nothelm.

In the year 740, Cuthbert(1066) was consecrated in Nothelm’s stead.
Ethelbald, king of the Mercians, cruelly and wrongfully wasted part of
Northumbria, their king, Eadbert, with his army, being employed against
the Picts. Bishop Ethelwald died also, and Conwulf,(1067) was consecrated
in his stead. Arnwin(1068) and Eadbert(1069) were slain.

In the year 741, a great drought came upon the country. Charles,(1070)
king of the Franks, died; and his sons, Caroloman and Pippin,(1071)
reigned in his stead.

In the year 745, Bishop Wilfrid and Ingwald, Bishop of London, departed to
the Lord.

In the year 747, the man of God, Herefrid,(1072) died.

In the year 750, Cuthred, king of the West Saxons, rose up against king
Ethelbald and Oengus; Theudor and Eanred died; Eadbert added the plain of
Kyle and other places to his dominions. (1073)

In the year 753, in the fifth year of King Eadbert, on the 9th of
January,(1074) an eclipse of the sun came to pass; afterwards, in the same
year and month, on the 24th day of January, the moon suffered an eclipse,
being covered with a gloomy, black shield, in like manner as was the sun a
little while before.

In the year 754, Boniface,(1075) called also Winfrid, Bishop of the
Franks, received the crown of martyrdom, together with fifty-three others;
and Redger was consecrated archbishop in his stead, by pope Stephen.

In the year 757, Ethelbald, king of the Mercians, was treacherously and
miserably murdered, in the night, by his own guards; Beornred(1076) began
his reign; Cyniwulf,(1077) king of the West Saxons, died; and the same
year, Offa, having put Beornred to flight, sought to gain the kingdom of
the Mercians by bloodshed.

In the year 758, Eadbert, king of the Northumbrians, receiving St. Peter’s
tonsure for the love of God, and to the end that he might take the
heavenly country by force,(1078) left the kingdom to his son Oswulf.

In the year 755, Oswulf was wickedly murdered by his own thegns; and
Ethelwald, being chosen the same year by his people, entered upon the
kingdom; in whose second year there was great tribulation by reason of
pestilence, which continued almost two years, divers grievous sicknesses
raging, but more especially the disease of dysentery.

In the year 761, Oengus,(1079) king of the Picts, died; who, from the
beginning to the end of his reign, continued to be a blood-stained and
tyrannical butcher; Oswin(1080) was also slain.

In the year 765, King Aluchred came to the throne. (1081)

In the year 766 A. D. , Archbishop Egbert, of the royal race, and endued
with divine knowledge, as also Frithbert, both of them truly faithful
bishops, departed to the Lord.





INDEX


Aaron, British Martyr, 18.

Aaron, High Priest, 361.

“Abbots, Anonymous History of the,” editorial references to, xxxv, 257 n. ,
389 n. ;
_and see_ Bede.

Abercorn or Aebbercurnig, Monastery of, xxix, 286.

Abraham’s Oak, 342.

Abraham’s Tomb, 341.

Acca, friend of Bede, afterwards Bishop of Hexham, in succession to
Wilfrid, xxx, 161, 248, 357, 358, 379 n. , 381;
his attachment to Wilfrid, 161, 355, 358;
driven from his see, 161, 390;
his good works, musical gifts and learning, 358;
educated by Bosa, 358.

Acha, sister of Edwin, wife of Ethelfrid, and mother of Oswald, 147, 383
n.

Acts of the Apostles, quoted, 11, 197, 304, 335, 371.

“Adalbert, Life of,” editorial reference to, 143 n.

Adam, 130, 341 n. ;
his tomb, 341.

Adamnan, Abbot of Iona, 140 n. , 285 n. ;
his work on the Holy Places (“De Locis Sanctis”), xxii, xxx, 337, 338;
his “Life of St. Columba,” 336 n. ;
his missions to King Aldfrid, 336, 372;
converts the Irish to the Catholic Easter and ecclesiastical tonsure,
336, 337, 372, 373;
his death, 337;
receives Arculf, 338;
return to Ireland, 373.

Adamnan, Monk of Coldingham, foretells the burning of Coldingham
Monastery, xxix, 283, 284;
his vision, 281, 283, 284;
his penitence, 282, 283;
his austerity, 281, 282, 283.

Ad Barvae, or At the Wood, Monastery of, 219, 231.

Adda, Northumbrian priest, xxvii, 180, 181.

Addi, a thegn, 308.

Adeodatus, 179 n.

Adgefrin, _see_ Yeavering.

Adtuifyrdi, _see_ Twyford.

Adulwald, _see_ Eadbald.

Aebba, Abbess of Coldingham, half-sister of Oswy, 260, 283, 284;
account of, 260 n. ;
her name, 260 n. ;
founds the monasteries of Ebchester and Coldingham, 260 n. ;
her friendship for Cuthbert, 260 n. ;
intercedes for Wilfrid, 260 n. , 352 n. ;
her death, 284.

Aebbercurnig, _see_ Abercorn.

Aecci, Bishop of Dunwich, 231.

Aedan, King of Scots, defeated by Ethelfrid, 73, 74.

Aedgils, fellow priest of Bede, 284.

Aelfric (“Grammaticus”) editorial reference to, 288 n.

Aelfric, father of Osric, 134, 164 n.

Aelfwine, brother of Egfrid, 267, 385.

Aelli, King of Deira, 73, 83;
Gregory’s pun on his name, 83.

Aelli, King of Sussex, first Bretwalda, 94, 245 n.

Aenhere, King of the Hwiccas, 246.

Aescwine, Sub-king of Wessex, 241 n.

Aesica, a little boy dedicated to religion, xxxiii, 234.

Aetherius, Archbishop of Lyons, 44, 49, 63.

Aetius, the Consul, 26, 27;
put to death by Valentinian, 27, 41.

Aetla, Bishop of Dorchester, 272, 273.

Aetswinapathe, _see_ Ouestraefelda.

Africa, Churches of, 196.

Agabus, the prophet, 11.

Agatha, St. , 265.

Agatho, Pope, 254 n. ;
sends John the precentor to report on the English Church, 257, 258, 259;
holds a Synod against the Monothelites, 352;
tries Wilfrid’s cause, 352, 353, 354.

Agatho, a priest, companion of Agilbert, 195.

Agilbert, missionary to the West Saxons, Bishop of Dorchester, 147, 148,
149, 194, 241;
offended by Coinwalch, returns to Gaul, 150;
made Bishop of Paris, 150, 350;
refuses to return to England, and sends Leutherius in his place, 150,
151;
at the Whitby Synod, 195, 196, 201;
his ignorance of English, 196;
entertains Theodore, 215;
consecrates Wilfrid, 206, 350.

Agnes, St. , 54 n. , 265.

Agricola, 11 n.

Agricola, son of Severianus, a Pelagian, 32.

Aidan, Monk of Iona, Abbot and Bishop of Lindisfarne, xxv, xxvi, 4 n. , 139
n. , 140, 201, 347 n. ;
Bede’s admiration for, xxxix;
his mission to Northumbria, 138, 144, 146, 376;
his life, 144, 146;
ordination, 144;
his character, 138, 144, 145, 170, 171;
his doctrine, 144, 145;
his good example, 144, 145;
his rebuke to Corman, 145;
gives his horse to a beggar, 165;
his friendship for Oswin, 165, 166;
death, 166, 169, 192, 288 n. , 384;
his prevision of Oswin’s death, 166;
foretells and calms a storm, 166, 167;
his miracles, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170;
at Farne, 168;
saves Bamborough from fire, 168;
his body translated to Lindisfarne, 169, 202;
his observance of Easter, 170, 171, 193;
his disciples, 202, 208;
his rule, 290;
persuades Hilda to return to Northumbria, 271;
consecrates Heiu as a nun, 271.

Aire, the River, 189 n.

Akeburgh (perhaps Jacobsburgh), 132 n.

Alani, the, 22, 41.

Alaric, 22.

Alban, St. , xxiii, 39;
his conversion, 14, 15, 16;
Lives of, 15 n. ;
miracles, 17;
his tomb, 36;
his blood, 36.

Albinus, Abbot of St. Augustine’s Monastery, Canterbury, in succession to
Hadrian, xxx, 2 n. , 3, 357;
his scholarship, 2, 357;
furnishes Bede with materials for the “Ecclesiastical History,” 2, 3.

Albion, early name of Britain, 5.

Alchfled, daughter of Oswy, wife of Peada, 180, 191.

Alchfrid, King of Deira, son of Oswy, xxvii, 195, 206, 377 n. ;
rebels against Oswy, 163, 207 n. ;
account of, 163 n. ;
converts Peada, 180;
death, 180 n. ;
at the battle of the Winwaed, 188;
friendship for Wilfrid, 194, 350;
his observance of Easter, 194, 195;
at Whitby, 195;
friendship for Coinwalch of Wessex, 350.

Alcluith, or Dumbarton, _see_ Dumbarton.

Alcuin, his letter to the monks of Wearmouth, xxxv;
his influence on learning, xxxvi;
his anecdote of Bede, xxxvii;
his “De Sanct. Ebor. ” quoted, 243 n. , 273 n. ;
his “Life of Wilbrord” quoted, 143 n. ;
ref. to, 319 n. , 320, 323 n. , 325 n.

Aldbert, Bishop of Dunwich, 379, 380.

Aldfrid, King of Northumbria after Egfrid, xxix, 287, 302, 312, 353 n. ,
372, 377 n. ;
death, xxx, 342, 356, 385, 391 n. ;
his relations with Wilfrid, 247 n. , 353, 354, 356;
account of, 287 n. ;
retrieves the fortunes of Northumbria, 287;
visits Drythelm, 331;
friendship for Adamnan, 336, 338;
his exile in Iona, 336 n.

Aldgils, King of Frisland, 351.

Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne, xxx, 148 n. , 210 n. , 265 n. , 343, 345 n. ;
his women scholars, 237 n. ;
letter to Geraint, 336 n. , 344;
account of, 343 n. ;
letter to Wilfrid’s clergy, 343 n. ;
made Abbot of Malmesbury, 343 n. , 344;
death, 343 n. , 344;
buried at St. Michael’s, Malmesbury, 343 n. ;
his literary works, 344.

Aldwin, Abbot of Partney or Peartaneu, 158.

Aldwin, or Worr, Bishop of Lichfield, 379, 380.

Aldwulf, Bishop of Rochester, 378, 379, 380.

Aldwulf, King of East Anglia, son of Ethelhere, 121, 254, 271;
his support of Ethelthryth, 260 n.

Alemanni, the, 92 n.

Alexandria, 338, 364.

Alexandria, Bishop of, _see_ Cyril, Theophilus.

Alexandrians, the, 366 n.

Alfred, his translation of the “Ecclesiastical History,” xx, 321 n.

“Alfrid,” King of Northumbria, 377 n.

Allectus, 14.

Allelujah, or Hallelujah, 83.
All Martyrs, the Festival of, later the festival of All Saints, 93 n.

All Saints, the Festival of, introduced by Pope Boniface, 93 n.

Alne, the River, 292.

Alric, son of Wictred of Kent, 377.

Aluchred, King of Northumbria, 393.

Alweo, brother of Penda, 380 n.

Alwic, Bishop of Lindsey, 390.

Amasea, Bishop of, _see_ Asterius.

Amber, 6.

Ambleteuse, _see_ Amfleat.

Ambrose, St. , quoted, xlii.

Ambrosius Aurelianus, 31, 32.

Amfleat, or Ambleteuse, 72, 73.

Amphibalus, St. , 15.

Amulets, 289.

Anastasis (Resurrection of our Lord), Church at Jerusalem, 339.

Anastasius, St. , 388.

Anatolius, Bishop of Laodicea, authority on the Easter question, 139, 198,
199, 368 n. , 388.

Ancyra, a cloak of, 109.

Andeley-sur-Seine, Monastery of, 152.

Andhun, ealdorman, rules the South Saxons, 251.

Andilegum, _see_ Andeley-sur-Seine.

Andragius, _see_ Androgius.

Andredsweald, the, 245 n.

Andrew, a monk, refuses the English Archbishopric, 214.

Andrew, St. , 42 n. , 89, 163.

Androgius, Andragius, Androgorius or Mandubracius, Chief of the
Trinovantes, 10.

Angels, xxxviii, 174, 175, 176, 221, 222, 333, 334.

Angles, 29, 30, 31, 82;
Gregory’s pun upon, 82.

Anglesea, 94, 102.

Anglia, the name of, 30.

Angrivarii, the, 317 n.

Angulus, _see_ Anglia.

Anna, King of East Anglia, 149, 152, 172, 185, 189, 232, 260 n. , 271 n. ;
his piety, 149, 172, 259;
his good children, 149, 173;
slain by Penda, 173;
enriches the monastery of Cnobheresburg, 174.

“Annales Cambriae,” editorial references to, 32 n. , 337 n.

“Annales Francorum,” editorial reference to, 323 n.

Annegray, Monastery of, 92 n.

Annemundus (Dalfinus), Archbishop of Lyons, 194;
his kindness to Wilfrid, 248, 348;
his execution, 349.

Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 72 n.

Antioch, Patriarch of, _see_ Anastasius.

Antoninus Pius, his rampart, 24.

Antonius, Bassianus, Emperor, 13.

Antwerp, xxi.

Appleby, Thomas, Bishop of Carlisle, 294 n.

Apollinarianism, 255 n.

Apostles, the, their manner of tonsure, 370.

Aquila, 197.

Aquileia, 20.

Aquitaine, 21 n. , 33 n. , 369 n.

Arcadius, Emperor of the East, son of Theodosius, 20.

Arculf, Bishop of Gaul, 337-340.

Argyll, 8 n.

Arianism, xxiii, 19, 20, 148 n. , 255.

Arles, 22, 49, 215;
Bishop of, 54.

Arles, Archbishop of, _see_ John, Vergilius.

Armagh, Abbot of, _see_ Tomene.

Armagh, Bishop of, _see_ Tomene.

Armenia, 6.

Armorica, 7.

Armoricans, 41.

Arnwin, 391.

Arwald, King of the Isle of Wight, 252;
his brothers, 252, 253.

Asclepiodotus, restores Britain to the Romans, 14.

Ascension, the Basilica of the, at Jerusalem, 340, 341.

Asia, Churches of, 196.

Asterius, Bishop of Genoa (Archbishop of Milan), 148.

Asterius, Bishop of Amasea, 265 n.

Astronomy, 217.

Athelstan, 303 n.

Atlantic, the, 5.

At the Stone, _see_ Stoneham.

At the Wood, _see_ Ad Barvae.

Attila, King of the Huns, 27, 317 n.

Audrey, popular form of Ethelthryth, 263 n.

Augustine, St. , sent by Pope Gregory to convert the English, xxi, xxii,
xxiii, xxiv, 42, 43, 47, 48, 81, 86, 94 n. , 98, 126, 210 n. ;
ordained abbot, 43;
recommended to Aetherius, 44;
lands in Thanet, 45, 93, 94, 142 n. , 383;
received by Ethelbert and Bertha, 45, 46, 47;
settles at Canterbury, 47, 48, 72;
his report to Gregory, 49;
ordained Archbishop of the English at Arles, 49, 383;
his see, 49 n. ;
recommended by Gregory to Vergilius, 63, 64;
receives the pall, 64, 65, 66, 383;
his miracles, 68, 69, 81, 83, 85;
recommended to Ethelbert by Gregory, 70, 71;
restores the Church of St. Saviour, Canterbury, 72;
builds the Monastery of SS. Peter and Paul, 72;
calls a Synod, 83;
his dispute with the British bishops, 85, 87;
his prophecy of disaster, 87, 89;
ordains Mellitus and Justus, 89;
death, 88, 89, 90;
buried in the Church of SS. Peter and Paul, 72, 90;
his tomb and epitaph, 90;
his body translated, 90 n. ;
his monastic rule, 290.

Augustine, St. , Bishop of Hippo, 21, 388;
The Sentences of, 341 n.

Augustine’s Ác, or Augustine’s Oak, Synod at, 84-86.

Augustus, Emperor, 11, 12, 13, 20, 22, 26, 29, 42.

Aurelius Commodus, Emperor, 12.

Aurelius Victor, quoted, 135 n.

Aust, probably Augustine’s Ác, 84 n.

Austerfield, Northumbria, 353 n.

Austrasia, King of, _see_ Dagobert.

Avon, the River, in Linlithgow, 189 n.

Aylesford, Kent, 30.

Ayrshire, 325 n. , 392 n.

Babbanburch, _see_ Bamborough.

Badbury, Dorsetshire, supposed to be Badon Hill, 32 n.

Badon Hill, Battle of, 32, 42 n.

Baducing, patronymic of Benedict Biscop, 257 n.

Badudegn, a monk of Lindisfarne, 298, 299.

Badwin, Bishop of Elmham, 231.

Baithanus, Irish bishop, 128.

Balder, the God, 323 n.

Baldhild, or Bathild, Queen Regent of Neustria, wife of Clovis II, 152 n. ,
349.

Ballads, English, 277 n.

Baltic, The, 317 n.

Bamborough, Babbanburch, Bebbanburh, or Bebburgh, 147, 161, 168, 383 n. ,
385 n.

Bangor, alleged birthplace of Pelagius, 21.

Bangor-is-Coed, or Bancornaburg, monastery of, 86, 86 n. , 88.

Bangor, Abbot of, _see_ Dinoot.

Baptism, of women, 55, 56;
of children, 55, 56;
its practice in the British Church, 87;
in the Roman Church, 87;
proper days for, 104 n. ;
ritual of, 119.

Bardney, Monastery of, 123 n. , 157, 158, 224, 241 n. ;
endowed by Ethelred and Osthryth, 157;
burial place of Oswald, 157, 158.

Bardney, Abbot of, _see_ Ethelred, Hygbald.

Barking, or In Berecingum, Monastery of, xxviii, xxxiii, 232, 233, 234,
235, 237, 238.

Barking, Abbess of, _see_ Ethelburg.

Barrow, Lincolnshire, 219 n.

Barton-on-Humber, 219 n.

Basil, St. , his Hexameron, quoted, 6.

Bassianus, _see_ Antonius.

Bassus, Edwin’s thegn, 132.

Bathild, _see_ Baldhild.

Baths of Britain, 6.

Bay of the Lighthouse, _see_ Whitby.

Beardaneu, _see_ Bardney.

Bebba, Queen, 147, 168.

Bebbanburh, or Bebburgh, _see_ Bamborough.

Bede, or Beda, the author, called “Venerable,” xxi, xxxiv;
account of his life, xxxiii-xliii;
his family, xxxiii;
born near Wearmouth, xxxiii, xxxiv, 386;
his instructors, xxxiii, xxxiv, 222, 257 n. , 386;
his ordination, xxxiii, 273 n. , 386;
his life spent in the Monastery of Wearmouth and Jarrow, xxxiii, xxxiv,
137 n. , 386;
dates of his birth and death, xxxiv;
his autobiography, xxxiv, 386-389;
his diligence, xxxiv;
his eyes dim in age, xxxiv;
his death, xix, xxxiv, xxxix-xliii, 391;
his epitaph, xxxiv;
his learning, xxxiv, xxxv, xxxvi;
his style, xxxvi;
visits Lindisfarne, xxxvi;
visits York, xxxvi;
Egbert his pupil, xxxvi;
his “Epistola ad Ecgbertum,” xxxvi, 273 n. , 342 n. ;
his influence, xxxvi;
his last illness, xxxvi, xxxix, xl, xlii, xliii;
his “Life of Cuthbert” in prose and verse, xxxvi, 4 n. , 260 n. , 285 n. ,
287 n. , 288 n. , 291, 309;
story of his visit to Rome, xxxvi;
story of his residence at Cambridge, xxxvi;
his writings, xxxvii, 311 n. ;
list of his literary works and compilations, 386-389;
his studies, xxxvii, 386-389;
his duties, xxxvii;
his character, xxxvii, xxxviii, xxxix;
his zeal for Catholic usages, xxxviii, xxxix;
his admiration for Aidan, xxxix;
dictates to Wilbert his translation of St. John and St. Isidore, xlii,
xliii;
buried at Jarrow, xl;
his relics stolen by Elfred and carried to Durham, xl;
translated with those of St. Cuthbert to the new Cathedral, xl;
a shrine erected to him by Hugh de Puisac, xl;
his chronology corrected, 9, 11, 12, 13 n. , 20 n. , 22 n. , 23 n. , 27 n. ,
28 n. , 29 n. , 42 n. , 63 n. , 68 n. , 75 n. , 94 n. , 241 n. , 254
n. , 287 n. , 314 n. ;
his “Martyrology,” editorial references to, 27 n. , 99 n. , 265 n. ;
his friendship for Acca, 161 n. ;
his “De Temporibus,” 170;
his “De temporum Ratione,” 170, 227 n. ;
his “History of the Abbots,” 213 n. , 215 n. , 257 n. , 287 n. ;
uses the Caesarean system of Indictions, 227 n. ;
his “De Locis Santis,” 337 n. , 338 n. ;
said to have written Ceolfrid’s Letter to Naiton, 360 n. ;
his “Expositio in Marci Evangelium,” 364 n. ;
his “Ecclesiastical History,” _see_ Ecclesiastical.

Bega, Irish Saint, 271 n. , 275 n.

Begu, a nun, has a vision of Hilda’s death, 275, 276.

Belgium, or Belgic Gaul, 5, 13 n.

Benedict I, Pope, 83.

Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, 215 n. , 359, 389;
Bede trained under, xxxiii, 386;
founds the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, xxxiv, 257;
his library, xxxv, 257 n. , 287 n. ;
temporary abbot of SS.