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Icon of St. John the
Evangelist and St. Bede the Venerable of Wearmouth and Jarrow
(St. John is at the upper
left and St. Bede towards the lower right)
Feast of St. Bede: May 26
Feast of St. John: Sept. 26 and May 8 (in Eastern rite); in Western
rite, Dec. 27 (repose), Jan. 3 (octave-day), and May 6 (miracle at the
Latin Gate)
This illustration is from a
12th-century manuscript from Austria. The juxtaposition of Sts. John
and Bede in this illumination may be due to the well-known fact that
St. Bede reposed while finishing a translation of the Gospel of John
into Anglo-Saxon.
Old English liturgical books
contain the following collect for the service on the feast of St. Bede
the Venerable: "By the intercession of Thy blessed confessor Bede, fill
us with joy, O Lord our God, for Thou hast granted us to progress by
his fatherly teaching, and to rejoice in his blessed, solemn feast.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
Thee in the communion of the Holy Spirit, God through all the ages of
ages. Amen."
From the complete Old Sarum Rite Missal, (c) 1998 St. Hilarion Press
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