Source: Textual EditionBede.HistAb

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Source Information
Author Bede
Source Title Historia abbatum
Date of composition [716-731]
Language Latin

Notes

*Mentioned in Bede's list of works (HE v.24).

Edition(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Go to Venerabilis Baedae opera historica Plummer, Charles Vita beatorum abbatum Benedicti, Ceolfridi, Eosterwini, Sigfridi atque Hwaetberhti Oxford 1896 364-87

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Farmer, David Hugh Bede: Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow London 1983 (1998) 185-210

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Transaction Bede.HistAb  15 Magnificently worked copy of the Cosmographers
2 Transaction Bede.HistAb  15 Ceolfrith 1 gave to Monkwearmouth, three copies of the new translation of the Bible, in addition to the old translation which he brought back from Rome.
3 Transaction Bede.HistAb  15 8 hides of land
4 Transaction Bede.HistAb  9 3 hides of land
5 Transaction Bede.HistAb  9 Two silk cloaks of incomparable workmanship
6 Transaction Bede.HistAb  1 granted land for the foundation of a monastery
7 Transaction Bede.HistAb  9 3 hides of land
8 Transaction Bede.HistAb  7 King Ecgfrith 4, impressed by his devotion, gave him more land
9 Transaction Bede.HistAb  4 King Ecgfrith 4 gave him land from his personal estate.
10 Transaction Bede.HistAb  1 King Oswiu 1 gave him land due to his rank.
11 Event Bede.HistAb  22 at the time of his death Ceolfrith 1 was 74
12 Event Bede.HistAb  11 Biscop 2 had visited 17 monasteries over his pilgrimages
13 Event Bede.HistAb  2 after two years' training in monastic life at Lérins Biscop 2 decided to go back to Rome
14 Event Bede.HistAb  20 Witmer 1 died
15 Event Bede.HistAb  22 Ceolfrith 1 saw to it that the psalter was recited twice through every day in addition to the canonical hours. When he grew too weak after Mass was sung he daily made the offering, apart from 1 day at sea and 3 days before his death.
16 Event Bede.HistAb    Biscop 2 visited 17 monasteries during the course of his life and gave all he found best in their lives to his community
17 Event Bede.HistAb  20 Sigefrith 3 was born
18 Event Bede.HistAb  20, 23 Ceolfrith 1 was buried with all dignity
19 Event Bede.HistAb  18 Having been elected, Hwætberht 1 caught up with Ceolfrith 1 and told him of the result
20 Event Bede.HistAb  19, 20 Hwætberht 1 wrote a letter of recommendation for Ceolfrith 1 to Gregory 2
21 Event Bede.HistAb  20 Hwætberht 1 wisely saw to it that a great many privileges were restored to the monastery including the translation of some former abbots' bones.
22 Event Bede.HistAb  18 Hwætberht 1 stayed in Rome a good while, learning, copying down and bringing back with him all that he thought was necessary for his studies.
23 Event Bede.HistAb  21, 22, 23 Ceolfrith 1 pushed on towards Rome but was struck down by sickness and died
24 Event Bede.HistAb  20 On Hwætberht 1's return from meeting Ceolfrith 1, Bishop Acca 3 was called; he came and confirmed Hwætberht 1 as abbot.
25 Event Bede.HistAb  16 Ceolfrith 1 decided to retire as abbot, return to Rome and allow the brethren [Anonymi 718] to choose a younger man as abbot
26 Event Bede.HistAb  18 On the he day of Ceolfrith 1's departure for Rome the monks of St Peter's [Anonymi 718] agreed to pray, fast and sing psalms for three days to request God for a new abbot; the monks of St Paul's [Anonymi 708] agreed to do the same
27 Event Bede.HistAb  7 Ceolfrith 1 accompanied Biscop 2 on one of his journeys to Rome
28 Event Bede.HistAb  15 Aldfrith 1 and the bishops [Anonymi 701] approved the grant of privilege brought back from Rome with their own signatures
29 Event Bede.HistAb  17, 22 After Mass had been sung in the church of the Blessed Mother of God and in the church of St Peter Ceolfrith 1 and his companions crossed the river and departed for Rome
30 Event Bede.HistAb  18 A council of both St Peter's and St Paul's was convened where Hwætberht 1 was elected as Ceolfrith 1's successor
31 Event Bede.HistAb  15 Ceolfrith 1 sent monks [Anonymi 700] to obtain an indult granting privileges similar to those granted by Agatho 2 to Benedict 1
32 Event Bede.HistAb  15 Ceolfrith 1 bought 8 hides of land from Aldfrith 1 and his councillors [Anonymi 697]
33 Event Bede.HistAb  15 In old age Ceolfrith 1 went back to Rome and gave one copy of the three copies of his new translation of the Bible to someone there [Anonymous 281]
34 Event Bede.HistAb  15 Ceolfrith 1 exchanged 8 hides of land and a fair balance of money, for 20 hides
35 Event Bede.HistAb  15 Cenwealh 2 enlarged the stock of church plate, altar vessels, every kind of vestment and doubled the number of books in the libraries of both monasteries
36 Event Bede.HistAb  14 Biscop 2 died
37 Event Bede.HistAb  13 Biscop 2 with the counsel of Sigefrith 3 and all the monks [Anonymi 718] appointed Ceolfrith 1 as abbot of both foundations
38 Event Bede.HistAb  15 Ceolfrith 1 promptly completed all the notable works of his predecessor [Biscop 2] and built several chapels
39 Event Bede.HistAb  11 Biscop 2 sought to strengthen the Rule which he had established
40 Event Bede.HistAb  12 Monks [Anonymi 718] tended to him day and night when he could not leave his bed
41 Event Bede.HistAb  13 Biscop 2 and Sigefrith 3 met when very ill
42 Event Bede.HistAb  11, 14 After a long and painful internal illness Sigefrith 3 died
43 Event Bede.HistAb  11 Biscop 2 insisted abbots should be elected on morality and soundness of doctrine
44 Event Bede.HistAb  11 Biscop 2 ordered that his library was not to be neglected or split up
45 Event Bede.HistAb  10 Ceolfrith 1 and the brethren [Anonymi 718] chose Sigefrith 3 as abbot of Wearmouth
46 Event Bede.HistAb  11 Biscop 2 and Sigefrith 3 went in to terminal decline together
47 Event Bede.HistAb  9 Biscop 2 went to Rome for a sixth time
48 Event Bede.HistAb  10 Eosterwine 1 and a great many monks [Anonymi 698] died of the plague which was everywhere raging
49 Event Bede.HistAb  8 Eosterwine 1 died on 7th March after a long illness
50 Event Bede.HistAb  6 Agatho 2 issued a letter of privilege guaranteeing Wearmouth's perpetual exemption from external interference.
51 Event Bede.HistAb  9 Biscop 2 bought 3 hides of land from Aldfrith 1 and his councillors [Anonymi 697] in exchange for two silk cloaks
52 Event Bede.HistAb  9 Ecgfrith 4 was slain
53 Event Bede.HistAb  7, 10 Biscop 2 chose Eosterwine 1 as his co-abbot at Wearmouth
54 Event Bede.HistAb  7 At Ecgfrith 4's command, Benedict 1 chose 17 monks [Anonymi 696] from Wearmouth with Ceolfrith 1 as abbot to found Jarrow, St Paul's as a sister monastery of Wearmouth.
55 Event Bede.HistAb  6 At Biscop 2's request, Agatho 2 offered him the services of John 13 the archcantor.
56 Event Bede.HistAb  5 Biscop 2's agents [Anonymi 716] brought back glaziers [Anonymi 717] from Frankia, whose craft was as yet unknown in Britain.
57 Event Bede.HistAb  6 On his fifth journey to Rome Biscop 2 brought back many books and relics, John 13 the cantor as choirmaster, a letter of privilege from Agatho 2 and many holy pictures.
58 Event Bede.HistAb  5 A year after work had begun on Wearmouth, Biscop 2 went to Frankia (Gaul) and brought back masons [Anonymi 715] to build him a stone church in the Roman style he had always loved.
59 Event Bede.HistAb  5 So fervent was Biscop 2's zeal in carrying out the building of Wearmouth, that within a year of laying the foundations the gable-ends were in place.
60 Event Bede.HistAb  4 Biscop 2 intended to visit Cenwealh 2 but he discovered the latter had recently died.
61 Event Bede.HistAb  4 Biscop 2 returned to Northumbria and visited King Ecgfrith 4
62 Event Bede.HistAb  4 Cenwealh 2 died a sudden and early death.
63 Transaction Bede.HistAb  15 Two copies of the Bible translation
64 Event Bede.HistAb    Vitalian 1 consecrates Theodore 1 archbishop of Britain.
65 Event Bede.HistAb  4 Biscop 2 went to Rome, leaving books at Vienne on his way and collecting them from his friends [Anonymi 713] on the way back.
66 Event Bede.HistAb  3 Guided by Biscop 2, Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 arrived in Kent where he was very favourably received and enthroned as archbishop.
67 Event Bede.HistAb  3 Vitalian 1 orders Biscop 2 to escort Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 back to King Ecgberht 3.
68 Event Bede.HistAb  3 Vitalian 1 appointed Hadrian 2 as Theodore 1's counsellor and colleague
69 Event Bede.HistAb  3 A merchant ship [Anonymi 714] gave him passage from Lérins to Rome
70 Event Bede.HistAb  3 Vitalian 1 sent Theodore 1 and Hadrian 2 to Britain.
71 Event Bede.HistAb  2 Biscop 2 entered the community, received the tonsure, took vows as a monk and followed the rule; he studied there for two years
72 Event Bede.HistAb  3 Wigheard 2 and all his companions [Anonymi 705] died in Rome of the plague before he could be consecrated.
73 Transaction Bede.HistAb  15 8 hides of land
74 Event Bede.HistAb  2 Biscop 2 set out for Rome with all haste
75 Event Bede.HistAb  2 Oswiu 1 made Ealhfrith 1 his son stay at home in his country and kingdom.
76 Event Bede.HistAb  1, 4 Biscop 2 founded a monastery on the north bank of the Wear
77 Event Bede.HistAb  2 Biscop 2 left his country and went to Rome to visit the apostolic tombs
78 Transaction Bede.HistAb  15 10 hides of land