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Author Cuthbert, abbot of Wearmouth and Jarrow
Source Title Letter on the Death of Bede
Date of composition 735 ?
Language Latin

Edition(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Go to Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People Colgrave, Bertram and Mynors, R. A. B. Cuthbert's letter on the death of Bede Oxford 1969 (1991) 580-6
Go to   Ker, N.R. The Hague manuscript of the Epistola Cuthberti de obitu Bedæ with Bede's song Medium Ævum 1939 41-4

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Colgrave, Bertram and Mynors, R. A. B. Cuthbert's letter on the death of Bede Oxford 1969 (1991) 580-6

Factoid List

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Event CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  titulus, pp.582, 584 Bede 1 wanted to finish the translation of St John's gospel and a selection of Isidore's book On the Wonders of Nature.
Event CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  Titulus; pp. 580, 584, 586 Cuthbert 5 provides a detailed description of Bede 1's illness and death.
Event CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p.580 Cuthwine 8 sent Cuthbert 5 a letter together with a present.
Event CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 580 Cuthbert 5 wrote a letter in reply to Cuthwine 8's and sent him a brief account of Bede 1's death.
Event CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 584 The brothers of the monastery (Anonymi 693) went in procession with the relics, as it was the custom of that day.
Event CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 584 Bede 1 asked Cuthbert 5 to go and fetch the priests (Anonymi 694) of the monastery as he wanted to give them his little treasures: some pepper, napkins and incense.
Authorship CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 580 Cuthbert 5 Author of Letter on the Death of Bede 1 ('Epistola de obitu Bedae')
Authorship CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p.580 Cuthwine 8 Author of a letter to Cuthbert 5
Office CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 580 Cuthbert 5 held office of Deacon
Office CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  Titulus Cuthbert 5 held office of Deacon
Office CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 586 Bede 1 held office of Priest
Office CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  Titulus Bede 1 held office of Priest
Office CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 584 Anonymi 694 held office of Priest
Personal Relationship CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  Titulus Cuthwine 8 was Fellow-disciple of Cuthbert 5
Personal Relationship CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  Titulus Cuthwine 8 was Disciple of Bede 1
Personal Relationship CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 580 Cuthwine 8 was Beloved of Cuthbert 5
Personal Relationship CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p.580 Bede 1 was Father of Cuthbert 5
Personal Relationship CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p.580 Bede 1 was Father of Cuthwine 8
Occupation CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 580 Cuthbert 5 Teacher
Occupation CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 580 Cuthwine 8 Fellow-teacher
Occupation CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p.580 Bede 1 Teacher
Occupation CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p.580 Bede 1 Teacher
PersonInfo CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p.580 Bede 1 beloved of God
PersonInfo CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p.580 Bede 1 he was taken ill, with frequent attacks of breathlessness before Easter for about a fortnight
PersonInfo CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p.580 Bede 1 he passed the whole of every night cheerfully in prayer and giving God thanks
PersonInfo CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  pp.580, 582 Bede 1 as he was familiar with English poetry, he would repeat an English poem about death
PersonInfo CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 582 Bede 1 his breathing became very much worse, and a slight swelling appeared in his feet
PersonInfo CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 584 Bede 1 blessed
PersonInfo CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 586 Bede 1 venerable
PersonInfo CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  Titulus Bede 1 blessed father
PersonInfo CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  Titulus Alcuin 1 most reverend
RecordedNames CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 580 Cuthbert 5 (Guthbertus)
RecordedNames CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  Titulus Cuthbert 5 (Guthbertus)
RecordedNames CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 580 Cuthwine 8 (... Cuthuuino)
RecordedNames CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 580 Bede 1 (... Beda)
RecordedNames CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 584 Bede 1 (... Bedae)
RecordedNames CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 586 Bede 1 (... Bedae)
RecordedNames CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  Titulus Alcuin 1 (Albinus)
Transaction CuthbertWearm.ObitBedae  p. 584 a few treasures in his box: some pepper, napkins and some incense