Bede
Bede — being in celtic tradition.
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Of him were told many stories. (Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX), The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > Statute Laws.)
Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX)
- attestation: Of him were told many stories. (The Danish History, > Books I-Ix > Statute Laws.)
"Of him were told many stories, and notably the one related of our Edwin by Bede (and as it has been told by many men of many rulers since Bede wrote, and before)."
- relationship: This action was much thought
of by the ancients: witness Bede, no mean figure among the writers of
the Church, who was a native of England, and made it his care to embody
the doings of his country ... (The Danish History, > Book One.)
"This action was much thought of by the ancients: witness Bede, no mean figure among the writers of the Church, who was a native of England, and made it his care to embody the doings of his country in the most hallowed treasury of his pages; deeming it equally a religious duty to glorify in writing the deeds of his land, and to chronicle the history of the Church."
Appears in: Beings, Entities in Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX), Celtic Tradition