Bede was probably born in Monkton, Durham. Nothing is known of his family background. At the age of seven he was entrusted to the care of Benedict Biscop, who is 674 AD had founded the monastery ...

According to the writings of Venerable Bede, an Anglo-Saxon deity named Ēostre was accompanied by a hare or rabbit because she represented the rejuvenation and fertility of springtime.