Saint Bede the Younger

Also known as

• Beda

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

• 10 April 883
• buried in the monastery graveyard in Gavello, Italy
• relics translated to church of San Benigno monastery, Genoa, Italy in 1233 as the original monastery had declined

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Saint Bede the Younger“. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 April 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>