Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Bede became respectfully known as Venerable Bede soon after his death , but this was not linked to consideration for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church .
Simplified: Bede became known as Venerable Bede ( Lat . : Beda Venerabilis ) by the 9th century , but this was not linked to consideration for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church .