Saint Bede the Younger

Also known as

• Beda the Younger

Memorial

• 10 April

Profile

Courtier to King Charles the Bald of France. After 40 years of service, he gave up the worldly life to become a monk at the monastery of Gavello, Italy. He declined to become a bishop, citing his inadequacy.

Died

• 883
• relics translated to Subiaco, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Bede the Younger”. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 April 2012. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-bede-the-younger/>