Daily Archives: May 25, 2026

Pip: On this day in Messianic Jewish history, a monk in Northumbria died having never left England — and somehow shaped how an entire nation understood itself through the story of Israel. No pressure, Bede. Mara: richard harvey traces that … Continue reading →

On this day, 25 May 735, the Venerable Bede died at the monastery of Jarrow in Northumbria. Scholar, monk, biblical commentator, historian, translator, teacher, and saint, Bede became the most influential intellectual figure in early English Christianity and the first … Continue reading →