Original: In 1899 , Bede was made a Doctor of the Church by Leo XIII , a position of theological significance ; he is the only native of Great Britain to achieve this designation ( Anselm of Canterbury , also a Doctor of the Church , was originally from Italy ) .
Simplified: The most important and best known of his works is the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum , giving in five books and 400 pages the history of England , ecclesiastical and political , from the time of Caesar to the date of its completion (/O731/O) .