Venerable

Latin �Venerabilis, � title or respectful form of address, used from very early times in Europe, especially for certain clergy or for laymen of marked spiritual merit. St. Augustine in some epistles cited the term in reference to bishops, and Philip I of France was styled venerabilis and venerandus (�reverential�). The venerable by which Saint Bede is commonly known (�the Venerable Bede,� or �Bede