DOCTOR
Saint Bede the Venerable
Saint Bede the Venerable, Father of English History, declared a Doctor of the Church.
background
Saint Bede (c. 673-735), an English Benedictine monk of Jarrow, wrote the Ecclesiastical History of the English People and numerous scriptural commentaries. Declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII in 1899.
summary
Saint Bede the Venerable, Father of English History, declared a Doctor of the Church.
doctor Title
Father of English History
feast Day
May 25