#OnThisDay - 26 May - in AD 735 the Venerable Bede died at Jarrow, Northumbria. Theologian, grammarian, historian - perhaps his most-admired work is his 'Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation'. #Bede 🏺

Image: Cotton MS Tiberius C II, f. 5v. Link - https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2016/05/bede-the-greatest-hits.html