Bede

Timeline

1. c. 673–680Monkwearmouth · NorthumbriaSent to a Benedictine monastery for education at about seven, he studied Latin, scripture, and church liturgy under Abbot Benedict Biscop and Abbot Ceolfrith, laying the foundation for his later writings.
2. 682–735Jarrow · NorthumbriaAfter moving to the Jarrow cell he never left the monastery, devoting himself to teaching, worship, and writing, completing the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, the Chronicon, and numerous biblical commentaries, and taking part in scholarly work such as calculating the date of Easter.
3. 735–800Western Europe · Western EuropeAfter his death, works such as the Ecclesiastical History were widely copied across Europe, becoming important models for medieval historiographical method and chronology, and influencing Carolingian scholars such as Alcuin and later traditions of church history writing.