Mary

Role: virgin mother · First appears: Book IV · Chap. XX

Life events

• c. 678 · Mary gives birth to the one who gave the world its being.(Book IV · Chap. XX)
  • “Mary, the gate of God, a maiden gives Him birth.”

Book IV · Chap. XX

• with Ethelthryth (Ethelthryth is urged to follow the example of Mary.) “Christ is at hand, the Bridegroom (why seek an earthly lord?) that thou mayst follow even now, methinks, in the steps of the Mother of Heaven’s King, that thou too mayst be a mother in God.”

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Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.