old english referred latin english monk monastery companion monastery modern wear known author scholar famous work english people gained title father english history doctor church pope native great_britain achieve designation doctor church originally italy skilled translator work latin greek writings early accessible fellow contributing significantly english christianity monastery access impressive library included works life known life contained chapter history church england completed implies ninth year birth date minor source information letter disciple relates death gives birthplace lands monastery referring monasteries modern day claimed birthplace tradition born miles monastery says origins connections men noble ancestry suggest family abbot names appear king list kings suggesting came noble family reflects anglo saxon short formed root bid command occurs sons saxon founder portsmouth names priests presumably manuscripts life works mention priest named possible priest listed age seven sent monastery family educated later intended point monk fairly common ireland time young boys particularly noble birth fostered practice likely common peoples england sister monastery founded probably transferred year dedication stone church survived present day dated april required assist tasks day day life possible helped building original church plague broke life written records surviving monks capable singing offices young boy according anonymous writer taught managed entire service trained young boy certainly years old abbot visited probably met abbot visit sparked interest easter dating controversy nineteenth year ordained bishop john bishop canonical age early mean abilities considered exceptional possible minimum age requirement disregarded minor orders ranking record held offices year priest performed wrote works intended use classroom continued write rest life eventually completing books survived output easily dated worked texts period years surviving work letter york student written 6th century greek latin manuscript acts believed survives library oxford_university known worked latin copied held florence teacher writer enjoyed music said accomplished singer poetry vernacular possible suffered speech depends phrase introduction verse life translations phrase differ uncertain intended cured speech problem merely inspired saint works monks accused having committed work standard theological view world history time known ages world book calculated age world accepting authority came conclusion christ born years creation world figure years commonly accepted accusation occurred bishop present feast drunken monks accusation respond accusation monk present relayed episode replied days monk writing letter setting forth defence asking letter read brush historian says met discussed present body questioned bishop exact circumstances body asked details life advisor travelled york visit bishop york york elevated likely discussed proposal elevation visit hoped visit ill journey travelled monastery point visited unknown monastery monk named visit mentioned letter monk widespread correspondence british isles fact letters imply met likely travelled places timing locations certain visit rome mentioned autobiographical chapter correspondent assisted finding documents rome known visited date determined fact visit rome visits monasteries life spent round prayer monastic discipline study sacred scriptures considered learned man time wrote excellent biblical historical books died thursday ascension day floor cell singing glory father son holy spirit buried disciple wrote letter known describing days death according fell ill frequent attacks pain easter tuesday days died breathing worse feet continued despite spending night awake prayer dictated following day clock according asked box brought distributed priests monastery treasures pepper night dictated final sentence boy named died soon letter relates line poem vernacular composed deathbed known death song widely copied old english poem appears manuscripts certain manuscripts author ones later origin remains transferred 11th century tomb looted contents probably interred chapel cathedral writings works commentary seven catholic writes manner gives impression married section question work written person view says prayers hindered duty perform wife able pray passage commentary luke mentions wife person possessed wife passion desire possess honourable true love christ historian argues passages employing device works wrote scientific historical theological works reflecting range writings music scripture commentaries knew literature elder classical writers knew greek commentaries employed method interpretation history includes accounts modern historians odds critical approach materials history modern studies shown important role concepts played world view early medieval scholars dedicated work apocalypse successor abbot mainly studied historian time works grammar chronology biblical studies important historical works non historical works contributed greatly renaissance credited writing authorship work disputed best known work english people completed aided writing book abbot abbey canterbury books begins geographical background sketches history england beginning invasion brief account christianity including followed story mission england brought christianity second book begins death gregory great follows progress christianity kent attempts ended disaster pagan king killed newly battle chase setback temporary book recounts growth christianity kings climax book account traditionally seen major turning point english history fourth book begins recounts efforts bring christianity kingdom sussex fifth book brings story day includes account missionary work conflict british church correct dating easter wrote preface work king preface mentions received earlier draft book presumably knew latin understand able read preface makes clear requested earlier copy asked approval correspondence king indicates monastery excellent connections nobility models style stylistic models included authors drew material earlier parts history introduction work title echo followed taking acts model overall work acts theme description development church model history anglo saxon church quoted sources length narrative appears taken quotes directly times example uses terms south respectively passage book uses instead informant end work added brief autobiographical note idea taken earlier history work detailed attention dating useful preparations task writing interest science calculating date easter useful account gives controversy british anglo saxon church correct method obtaining easter date described question accomplished produced islands period latin praised clarity style simple knew rhetoric figures speech forms easily reproduced translation depending latin words unlike contemporaries latin difficulties text easy read words best known editors latin clear seldom pause think meaning sentence praises style intent primary intention writing growth united church england native christian church survived departure romans earn refusing help convert end church dominant goal showing movement unity explains animosity british method calculating easter devoted history dispute including final resolution concerned unity english despite disparate kingdoms existed writing wants reader spiritual example entertain end adds stories places people wrote argues designed work promote reform agenda king painted highly optimistic picture current situation church opposed picture found private letters extensive use prove difficult readers consider reliable historian accept possibility reflect integrity regard accuracy truth expressed terms historical events tradition christian faith continues present day like gregory great quotes subject felt faith brought stepping stone higher faith result place work designed somewhat career contemporary prominent day lifestyle monastic mind events life divisive controversial simply fit theme progression unified church account early mention movement peoples channel britain brittany described writing sixth century describes omission scholar dislike indefinite traditional material dated purposes interest tinged work local bias sources access gave information west england areas says relatively little achievements example mention missionary continent renown certainly heard discuss missionaries continent praise convert native roman form christianity lists seven kings regards having held king listed acknowledges secular power held states hostile diminished power consulted included stories saints relates story mission rome tells british clergy refused assist conversion combined negative assessment british church time anglo saxon invasions led critical view native church ignores fact time mission history warfare conquest words naturally missionary british clergy use time wrote common ways referring dates use year cycles counting different varieties starting different day year approach use years reigning roman emperor example ruler kingdom discussion meant discussing conflicts kingdoms date given years kings involved approaches occasion adopted method main approach dating method invented method adoption work chronology main reason widely assessment copied middle ages manuscripts containing survive half located european continent british isles 9th century texts come northern parts total include manuscripts work survive printed time probably france modern historians studied extensively number editions produced years early anglo saxon history essentially retelling recent scholarship focused write belief culmination works aim scholarship belief common historians past longer accepted scholars modern historians editors lavish praise achievement regarded small class books fundamental conditions time place regarded quality dependent astonishing power fragments information came tradition relation friends documentary evidence age little attempted registration fact reached conception history described greatest england historians given high reputation concerns different modern writer history focus history organisation english church efforts root led exclude secular history kings kingdoms moral lesson drawn illuminated events church medieval writers william henry works sources inspirations early modern writers utilised works protestant catholic sides wars religion historians questioned reliability accounts historian thinks account arrival invaders kent considered relate actually happened relates myths current kent time likely work widely copied discouraged writing histories led disappearance manuscripts containing older historical works historical works chronicles chapter time wrote greater chronicle circulated separate work recent events chronicle like ecclesiastical history relied version current pope sources earlier events drew dating events chronicle inconsistent works era creation lives historical works included lives verse prose lives adaptation life translation created listing saints theological works time known biblical commentaries theological works majority writings type covered survived middle ages lost theological writings earned title doctor saint transmitted learning predecessors careful innovation knowledge age earth surviving accusations eventually having views championed sixteenth century theological implications order learned greek attempted learn hebrew spent time reading old mentions studied text hebrew text studied latin monastic library number books including works gregory pope gregory milan conjunction biblical texts write commentaries theological works latin translation copy life martin lesser known writers julian refer pope gregory latin fathers church clear comments felt job explain students readers theology thoughts wrote works written explain theology worship services wrote major christian seasons easter subjects significant events types theological works circulated widely middle ages number biblical commentaries incorporated 11th century collection biblical commentaries collected paul form missionary efforts continent included theological books predecessors works drew cases left instructions marginal notes gave details sources preserved originally added marginal comments sources works specify possible identify books access quotations uses catalogue library available monastery reconstructed possible tell example familiar works little evidence access pagan latin writers quotes writers quotes found latin common day certainly monastery difficulty manuscripts early writers incomplete apparent access example version missing book certainly quoted works dealing included temple commentaries commentaries commentaries song songs commentaries works temple especially influenced gregory great writings works works included gospel mark gospel luke time death working translation english days life passage translated said finished works historical astronomical chronology time written provides introduction principles easter based parts included chronology world derived revisions based translation bible wrote longer work subject time influential middle ages wrote shorter letters essays discussing specific aspects time included introduction traditional ancient medieval view including explanation spherical earth influenced changing length daylight seasonal motion sun moon influenced changing appearance evening twilight relation changes tides given place daily motion moon focus book gave instructions computing date easter related time calculating motion sun moon calculations related calendar gives information months anglo saxon calendar chapter easter cycle normally found purposes new calculation age world creation dated innovations computing age world accused table chronology contrary accepted calculations informed accusations refuted letter addition works astronomical wrote nature things modelled work title works influential late 9th century monk switzerland wrote god raised sun east fourth day creation sixth day world rise west new sun earth educational works wrote works designed help teach grammar abbey school discussion composition latin verse drawing previous work based examples christian poets standard text teaching latin verse centuries dedicated work apparently student named beloved son dedication says educate divine letters ecclesiastical statutes textbook work designed help medieval reader latin unfamiliar words classical latin works serve textbook appears mainly intended reference work exact date composition works unknown educational work discusses bible use rhetoric familiar pagan authors considered appropriate teach biblical grammar texts argues superiority christian texts understanding christian literature similarly text poetic metre uses christian poetry examples vernacular poetry according disciple learned songs letter death commonly understood indicate composed line vernacular poem known modern scholars death song repeat sentence paul fearful thing fall hands living god verses scripture urging awake soul thinking good time hour language familiar english poetry speaking soul departure body notes entirely clear text manuscripts letter use finite describe presentation song theme relatively common old english anglo latin literature fact description places performance old english poem context series quoted passages sacred scripture taken evidence simply cited analogous vernacular texts hand inclusion text poem latin letter observation learned song fact composed latin poem subject point possibility having written citing poem directly imply particular wording important vernacular poem endorsed scholar evidently secular entertainment direct quotation original composition evidence cult paid england 8th century reason died feast day later england commemorated feast moved outside england mainly efforts promoted cult continent wrote repeatedly england missionary efforts requesting copies theological works taught school set york pupil praised example monks follow instrumental works friends cult prominent england 10th century revival 14th century spread england particular church undertaking bishop body translated ecclesiastical term relocation relics placed tomb later remains moved shrine chapel durham cathedral shrine destroyed bones chapel bones dug new tomb relics claimed york scholarship importance catholicism recognised declared doctor church englishman named doctor church englishman paradise mentioned doctors church feast day included general celebration date death feast day pope vii anglican roman_catholic_church feast day feast day known 9th century linked consideration roman_catholic_church according legend epithet supplied angels completing unfinished utilised connection 9th century grouped called ecclesiastical councils held paul referred consistently 11th 12th century commonplace descriptions term right death modern legacy reputation historian based remains strong historian says holds privileged place historians life work celebrated annual held
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