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Events

• Death of Venerable Bede, who had devoted his entire life to meditating on the Scriptures from the age of seven; on his deathbed he labored to finish his commentary on the Gospel of St. John

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

• Chapter IV: The Judgments and Examples of the Fathers — Death of Venerable Bede

  "he most peacefully breathed forth his spirit, to be blessed with the vision of God in reward for his labor for the faith, in the year from the Virgin's delivery 731."