Sep 24 The Venerable Bede
Today in the year 654 the first general council of the Anglo-Saxon Church opened. It was convened in Hertford, by Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury. The Venerable Bede is the historical source for this council, as he included its text in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People. The council was attended by five bishops from across Anglo-Saxon England. Bede also records royal attendance, as King Ecgfrith of Northumbria was present and it was a milestone in