Source: Textual EditionBede.Homilies

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Author Bede
Source Title Bedae Venerabilis Homeliarvm L
Date of composition [716-31]
Language Latin

Notes

*On the date: @Martin 1991, book one, p.ix suggests the Homilies were perhaps written the 720s.

Edition(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Go to Bedae Venerabilis Opera Hurst, David Opera Homiletica Turnhout 1955 1-378

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Martin, Lawrence T. & Hurst, David Homilies on the Gospels, Bede the Venerable, Book One: Advent to Lent Kalamazoo, MI 1991 1-252

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Event Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.91) Having turned his back on those things which he had acquired (or which he was capable of acquiring, since he was of noble birth) Biscop 2 was quick to go on pilgrimage to Rome.
Event Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.91) Having gone on pilgrimage to Rome Biscop 2 was tonsured in that region.
Event Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.91) The Pope [Vitalian 1] ordered Biscop 2 to escort Theodore 1 to Britain.
Event Bede.Homilies  I.13 (pp.91-2) Having been given land by secular rulers, Biscop 2 soon founded a monastery.
Event Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.93) One time Biscop 2 returned from across the sea with an abundance of holy books
Event Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.93) On one occasion Biscop 2 returned with relics of the blessed martyrs of Christ
Event Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.93) Biscop 2 had architects come from across the sea for the construction of the church.
Event Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.93) Biscop 2 had glaziers come from across the sea
Event Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.93) Biscop 2 returned from overseas with masters to sing and perform the rituals in the church.
Event Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.93) Biscop 2 returned with a letter of privilege sent from the Pope [Vitalian 1] by which the freedom of the monastery from every outside interference was maintained.
Event Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.93 Biscop 2 returned from overseas
Event Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.94) Withered by the martyrdom of the infirmity of old-age, Biscop 2 passed over to eternal life.
Event Bede.Homilies    The Pope [Vitalian 1], in order to further the progress of the monastery, put at its disposal John 13, abbot and archcantor
Status Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.91) Biscop 2 held status of Noble / Noble
Status Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.91) Biscop 2 held status of Minister / Minister
Status Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.93) Anonymi 2387 held status of Master / Master
Office Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.91) Theodore 1 held office of Archbishop
Office Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.92) John 13 held office of Archcantor
Office Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.92) John 13 held office of Abbot
Education Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.91) Biscop 2 He was educated in Christ [at Rome]
Education Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.91) Biscop 2 He was imbued with monastic practices
Occupation Bede.Homilies    Anonymi 2385 Architect
Occupation Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.93) Anonymi 2386 Glazier
PersonInfo Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.88) Biscop 2 Saint Benedict Biscop 2
PersonInfo Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.91) Biscop 2 he was of blessed memory
PersonInfo Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.91) Biscop 2 he had a death day which was recalled by this homily
PersonInfo Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.92) Biscop 2 he did not himself establish decrees for the monastery for the sake of what he could gain, but be set forth the well-proven statutes of earlier monasteries, which he had learned of abroad
Event Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.92) Biscop 2 he left his relatives when he departed from his fatherland
PersonInfo Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.92) Biscop 2 he was held in deserved veneration by everyone in this land [Britain] on account of the diligence of his virtues; in Gaul and in Italy and in Rome he was loved by everyone who was able to know him
Event Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.92) Biscop 2 he left the homes and lands which he had possessed for the sake of Christ
PersonInfo Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.92) Biscop 2 he never had a wife or children
PersonInfo Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.92) Biscop 2 not only in his own region, but also in regions beyond the sea, many desired to recieve him into their homes
PersonInfo Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.93) Biscop 2 as often as he crossed the sea he never returned empty-handed and without profit
Event Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.93) Biscop 2 he went to many places across the sea
PersonInfo Bede.Homilies  I.13 (pp.93-4) Biscop 2 even when he was attacked and painfully afflicted by infirmity of the body he took delight in speaking again and again, always about the keeping of the monastery, always about the keeping of the monastic rules that he had learned and taught, always about the ecclesiastical observances which he had seen throughout all cities and especially those of Rome, always about the holy places which he remembered having visited as a young man.
PersonInfo Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.93) Anonymi 2385 they came from across the sea
PersonInfo Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.93) Anonymi 2386 they came from across the sea
PersonInfo Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.94) Anonymi 2387 they came from across the sea
PersonInfo Bede.Homilies    Anonymi 2387 they sung and performed the rituals in the church throughout the whole year
RecordedNames Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.89) Biscop 2 (Benedictus Biscopus)
Transaction Bede.Homilies  I.13 (p.91) Secular rulers were concerned to give him a place to construct a monastery, a place not taken away from some lesser persons, but granted from their own personal property.