The age of Bede / translated by J.F. Webb ; edited with an introduction by D.H. Farmer ; Lives of the abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow and The anonymous history of Abbot Ceolfrith translated by D.H. Farmer. - Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ; New York, N.Y., USA : Penguin, 1998. - 278 p. : 2 maps ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics . - Penguin classics. .

Rev ed. of: Lives of the saints, 1965.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Life of Cuthbert / Bede -- Life of Wilfrid / Eddius Stephanus -- Lives of the abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow / Bede -- The anonymous history of Abbot Ceolfrith -- The voyage of St. Brendan.

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Cuthbert, Saint, Bishop of Lindisfarne, approximately 635-687.
Wilfrid, Saint, Archbishop of York, 634-709.
Ceolfrid, of Wearmouth, Saint, 642-716.
Brendan, Saint, the Voyager, approximately 483-577 --Legends.


Monasticism and religious orders--History--England--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christian saints--Great Britain--Biography.
Abbots--Great Britain--Biography.


Great Britain--Biography.