Book Iii. Ii. How, Among Innumerable Other : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. II. HOW, AMONG INNUMERABLE OTHER MIRACLES OF HEALING WROUGHT BY THE WOOD OF THE CROSS, WHICH KING OSWALD, BEING READY TO ENGAGE AGAINST THE BARBARIANS, ERECTED, A CERTAIN MAN HAD HIS INJURED ARM HEALED. [634 A.D.]...
Book I. Ii. How Caius Julius Caesar W : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. II. HOW CAIUS JULIUS CAESAR WAS THE FIRST ROMAN THAT CAME INTO BRITAIN. [54 AD] Now Britain had never been visited by the Romans, and was entirely unknown to them before the time of Caius Julius Caesar, who...
Book Iii. Xv. How Bishop Aidan Foretold : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XV. HOW BISHOP AIDAN FORETOLD TO CERTAIN SEAMEN THAT A STORM WOULD ARISE, AND GAVE THEM SOME HOLY OIL TO CALM IT. [BETWEEN 642 AND 645 AD.] How great the merits of Aidan were, was made manifest by the Judge...
Book Ii. Vi. How Laurentius, Being Reproved : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. VI. LAURENTIUS, being about to follow Mellitus and Justus, and to quit Britain, ordered his bed to be laid that night in the church of the blessed Apostles, Peter and Paul, which has been often mentioned before;...
Book Ii. Xv. How The Province Of The East : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XV. EDWIN was so zealous for the true worship, that he likewise persuaded Earpwald, king of the East Angles, and son of Redwald, to abandonhis idolatrous superstitions, and with his whole province to receive the faith...
Book Iii. Xxii. How Under King Sigbert, Through : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXII. HOW UNDER KING SIGBERT, THROUGH THE PREACHING OF CEDD, THE EAST SAXONS AGAIN RECEIVED THE FAITH, WHICH THEY HAD BEFORE CAST OFF [653 A.D.] AT that time, also, the East Saxons, at the instance of King Oswy, ag...
Book Iv. Xxvii. How Cuthbert, A Man Of God : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXVII. HOW CUTHBERT, A MAN OF GOD, WAS MADE BISHOP; AND HOW HE LIVED AND TAUGHT WHILST STILL IN THE MONASTIC LIFE. [685 A.D.] IN the same year in which King Egfrid departed this life,he, as has been said, caused...
Book V. Xvi. The Account Given In The Aforesaid : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XVI. THE ACCOUNT GIVEN IN THE AFORESAID BOOK OF THE PLACE OF OUR LORD'S NATIVITY, PASSION, AND RESURRECTION. HE wrote concerning the place of the Nativity of our Lord, after this manner: "Bethlehem, the city of David...
Book Iv. Xxxii. Of One Who Was Lately Cured : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXXII. OF ONE WHO WAS LATELY CURED OF A DISEASE IN HIS EYE AT THE RELICS OF ST. CUTHBERT. NOR is that cure to be passed over in silence, which was performed by his relics three years ago, and was told me lately by...
Book Iii. Xvi. How The Same Aidan : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XVI. HOW THE SAME AIDAN, BY HIS PRAYERS, SAVED THE ROYAL CITY WHEN IT WAS FIRED BY THE ENEMY. [BEFORE 651 A.D.] ANOTHER notable miracle of the same father is related by many such as were likely to have knowledge ther;...
Book Ii. I. Of The Death Of The Blessed Pope : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], BOOK II CHAP. I. AT this time, that is, in the year of our Lord 605, the blessed Pope Gregory, after having most gloriously governed the Roman Apostolic see thirteen years, six months, and ten days, died, and was translated...
Book Iii. Xx. How, When Honorius Died, Deusdedit : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XX. HOW, WHEN HONORIUS DIED, DEUSDEDIT BECAME ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY; AND OF THOSE WHO WERE AT THAT TIME BISHOPS OF THE EAST ANGLES, AND OF THE CHURCH OF ROCHESTER. [653 A.D.] IN the meantime, Felix, bishop...
Book Ii. Viii. How Pope Boniface Sent : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. VIII.[624 A.D.] JUSTUS, bishop of the church of Rochester, immediately succeeded Mellitus in the archbishopric. He consecrated Romanus bishop of that see in his own stead, having obtained authority to ordain bishops...
Book V. Xvii. What He Likewise Wrote : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XVII. WHAT HE LIKEWISE WROTE OF THE PLACE OF OUR LORD'S ASCENSION, AND THE TOMBS OF THE PATRIARCHS. CONCERNING the place of our Lord's Ascension, the aforesaid author writes thus. "The Mount of Olives is equal...
Book Iii. Vi. Of King Oswald's Wonderful : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. VI. OF KING OSWALD'S WONDERFUL PIETY AND RELIGION. [635-642 A.D.] KING OSWALD, with the English nation which he governed, being instructed by the teaching of this bishop, not only learned to hope for a heavenly kingdom...
Book I. Xx. How The Same Bishops Brought : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XX. HOW THE SAME BISHOPS BROUGHT HELP FROM HEAVEN TO THE BRITONS IN A BATTLE, AND THEN RETURNED HOME. [430 A.D.] IN the meantime, the Saxons and Picts, with their united forces, made war upon the Britons, who in these...
Book I. Xxv. How Augustine, Coming Into Brit : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXV. HOW AUGUSTINE, COMING INTO BRITAIN, FIRST PREACHED IN THE ISLE OF THANET TO THE KING OF KENT, AND HAVING OBTAINED LICENCE FROM HIM, WENT INTO KENT, IN ORDER TO PREACH THEREIN. [597 A. D.] Augustine, thus...
Book Iii. Xix. How Fursa Built A Monastery : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XIX. HOW FURSA BUILT A MONASTERY AMONG THE EAST ANGLES, AND OF HIS VISIONS AND SANCTITY, TO WHICH, HIS FLESH REMAINING UNCORRUPTED AFTER DEATH BORE TESTIMONY. [CIRC. 633 A.D.] WHILST Sigbert still governed the kingdom...
Book V. V. How He Likewise Recalled : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. V. HOW HE LIKEWISE RECALLED BY HIS PRAYERS A THEGN'S SERVANT FROM DEATH. AT another time also, being called to consecrate the church of a thegn named Addi, when he had performed the required duty, he was entreated by...
Book Iv. Xxi. How Bishop Theodore Made Peace : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXI. HOW BISHOP THEODORE MADE PEACE BETWEEN THE KINGS EGFRID AND ETHEIRED. [679 A. D.] IN the ninth year of the reign of King Egfrid, a great battlewas fought between him and Ethelred, king of the Mercians, near...
Book Iv. Xxiv. That There Was In Her Monastery : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXIV. THAT THERE WAS IN HER MONASTERY A BROTHER, ON WHOM A GIFT OF SONG WAS BESTOWED BY HEAVEN. [680 A.D.] THERE was in the monastery of this abbess a certain brother, marked in a special manner by the grace of God...
Book Iii. Xxiv. How When King Penda Was Sl : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXIV. HOW WHEN KING PENDA WAS SLAIN, THE PROVINCE OF THE MERCIANS RECEIVED THE FAITH OF CHRIST, AND OSWY GAVE POSSESSIONS AND TERRITORIES TO GOD, FOR BUILDING MONASTERIES, AS A THANK OFFERING FOR THE VICTORY OBTAINED...
Book Ii. Ii. How Augustine Admonished : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. II. IN the meantime, Augustine, with the help of King Ethelbert, drew together to a conference the bishops and doctors of the nearest province of the Britons, at a place which is to this day called, in the English...
Book V. Xiii. How Another Contrarywise Before : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XIII. HOW ANOTHER CONTRARYWISE BEFORE HIS DEATH SAW A BOOK CONTAINING HIS SINS, WHICH WAS SHOWN HIM BY DEVILS. [704-709 A.D.] BUT contrarywise there was a man in the province of the Mercians, whose visions and words...
Book Iv. Xii. How Haedde Succeeded Leutherius : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XII. HOW HAEDDE SUCCEEDED LEUTHERIUS IN THE BISHOPRIC OF THE WEST SAXONS; HOW CUICHELM SUCCEEDED PUTTA IN THE BISHOPRIC OF THE CHURCH OF ROCHESTER, AND WAS HIMSELF SUCCEEDED BY GEBMUND; AND WHO WERE THEN BISHOPS...
Book Iv. Viii. How A Little Boy, Dying : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. VIII. HOW A LITTLE BOY, DYING IN THE SAME MONASTERY, CALLED UPON A VIRGIN THAT WAS TO FOLLOW HIM; AND HOW ANOTHER NUN, AT THE POINT OF LEAVING HER BODY, SAW SOME SMALL PART OF THE FUTURE GLORY. [675 A. D.?] THERE w...
Book V. X. How Wilbrord, Preaching In Fris : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. X. HOW WILBRORD, PREACHING IN FRISAND, CONVERTED MANY TO CHRIST; AND HOW HIS TWO COMPANIONS, THE HEWALDS, SUFFERED MARTYRDOM. [690 A.D.] WHEN the man of God, Egbert, perceived that neither he himself was permitted...
Book Iii. Xxv. How The Question Arose : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXV. HOW THE QUESTION AROSE ABOUT THE DUE TIME OF KEEPING EASTER, WITH THOSE THAT CAME OUT OF SCOTLAND. [664 A.D.] IN the meantime, Bishop Aidan being taken away from this life, Finan, who was ordained and sent by...
Book Iv. Xviii. Of John, The Precent : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XVIII. OF JOHN, THE PRECENTOR OF THE APOSTOLIC SEE, WHO CAME INTO BRITAIN TO TEACH. [680 A. D.] AMONG those who were present at this synod, and confirmed the decrees of the Catholic faith, was the venerable John...
Book Iii. Iv. When The Nation Of The Picts : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. IV. WHEN THE NATION OF THE PICTS RECEIVED THE FAITH OF CHRIST. [565 A.D.] IN the year of our Lord 565, when Justin, the younger, the successor of Justinian, obtained the government of the Roman empire, there came...
Book Iii. Xvii. How A Prop Of The Church : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XVII. HOW A PROP OF THE CHURCH ON WHICH BISHOP AIDAN WAS LEANING WHEN HE DIED, COULD NOT BE CONSUMED WHEN THE REST OF THE CHURCH WAS ON FIRE; AND CONCERNING HIS INWARD LIFE. [651 A. D.] AIDAN was in the king's township...
Book V. Xxii. How The Monks Of Hii : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXII. HOW THE MONKS OF HII, AND THE MONASTERIES SUBJECT TO THEM, BEGAN TO CELEBRATE THE CANONICAL EASTER AT THE PREACHING OF EGBERT. [716 A. D.] NOT long after, those monks also of the Scottish nation, who lived...
Book Iii. Xxix. How The Priest Wighard W : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXIX. HOW THE PRIEST WIGHARD WAS SENT FROM BRITAIN TO ROME, TO BE ORDAINED ARCHBISHOP; OF HIS DEATH THERE, AND OF THE LETTERS OF THE APOSTOLIC POPE GIVING AN ACCOUNT THER. [667 A.D.] AT this time the most noble kings...
Book V. Xx. How Albinus Succeeded : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XX. HOW ALBINUS SUCCEEDED TO THE GODLY ABBOT HADRIAN, AND ACCA TO BISHOP WILFRID. [709 A.D.] THE next year after the death of the aforesaid father, which was the fifth year of King 0sred, the most reverend father...
Book I. Xxvii. How St. Augustine, Being Made : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXVII. HOW ST. AUGUSTINE, BEING MADE A BISHOP, SENT TO ACQUAINT POPE GREGORY WITH WHAT HAD BEEN DONE IN BRITAIN, AND ASKED AND RECEIVED REPLIES, OF WHICH HE STOOD IN NEED. [597-601 A.D.] IN the meantime, Augustine...
Book Iv. Xxxi. Of One That Was Cured : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXXI. OF ONE THAT WAS CURED OF A PALSY AT HIS TOMB. THERE was in that same monastery a brother whose name was Badudegn, who had for no small time ministered to the guests of the house, and is still living, having...
Book Iv. Ii. How Theodore Visited All Places : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. II. HOW THEODORE VISITED ALL PLACES; HOW THE CHURCHES OF THE ENGLISH BEGAN TO BE INSTRUCTED IN THE STUDY OF HOLY SCRIPTURE, AND IN THE CATHOLIC TRUTH, AND HOW PUTTA WAS MADE BISHOP OF THE CHURCH OF ROCHESTER...
Book I. Xxiii. How The Holy Pope Gregory : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXIII. HOW THE HOLY POPE GREGORY SENT AUGUSTINE, WITH OTHER MONKS, TO PREACH TO THE ENGLISH NATION, AND ENCOURAGED THEM BY A LETTER OF EXHORTATION, NOT TO DESIST FROM THEIR LABOUR. [596 A. D.] IN the year of our Lord...
Book I. Xxxiv. How Ethelfrid, King : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXXIV. HOW ETHELFRID, KING OF THE NORTHUMBRIANS, HAVING VANQUISHED THE NATIONS OF THE SCOTS, EXPELLED THEM FROM THE TERRITORIES OF THE ENGLISH. [603 A. D.] At this time, the brave and ambitious king, Ethelfrid...
Book I. Viii. How, When The Persecution Ceased : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. VIII. HOW, WHEN THE PERSECUTION CEASED, THE CHURCH IN BRITAIN ENJOYED PEACE TILL THE TIME OF THE ARIAN HERESY. [325 AD] When the storm of persecution ceased, the faithful Christians, who, during the time of danger, had...
Book Iii. I. How King Edwin's Next Successors : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], BOOK III CHAP. I. HOW KING EDWIN'S NEXT SUCCESSORS LOST BOTH THE FAITH OF THEIR NATION AND THE KINGDOM; BUT THE MOST CHRISTIAN KING OSWALD RETRIEVED BOTH. [633 A.D.] EDWIN being slain in battle, the kingdom of the Deiri...
Book I. Iii. How Claudius, The Second : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. III. HOW CLAUDIUS, THE SECOND OF THE ROMANS WHO CAME INTO BRITAIN, BROUGHT THE ISLANDS ORCADES INTO SUBJECTION TO THE ROMAN EMPIRE; AND VESPASIAN, SENT BY HINT, REDUCED THE ISLE OF WIGHT UNDER THE DOMINI...
Book I. Iv. How Lucius, King Of Brit : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. IV. HOW LUCIUS, KING OF BRITAIN, WRITING TO POPE ELEUTHERUS, DESIRED TO BE MADE A CHRISTIAN. In the year of our Lord 156, Marcus Antoninus Verus, the fourteenth from Augustus, was made emperor, together with his...
Book Ii. Iv. How Laurentius And His Bishops : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. IV. LAURENTIUS succeeded Augustine in the bishopric, having been ordained thereto by the latter, in his lifetime, lest, upon his death, the Church, as yet in so unsettled a state, might begin to falter, if it should be...
Book Iii. Ix. How Miracles Of Healing Have : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. IX. HOW MIRACLES OF HEALING HAVE BEEN FREQUENTLY WROUGHT IN THE PLACE WHERE KING OSWALD WAS KILLED; AND HOW, FIRST, A TRAVELLER'S HORSE WAS RESTORED AND AFTERWARDS A YOUNG GIRL CURED OF THE PALSY. [642 A.D.] OSWALD...
Book Iii. Xiii. How A Certain Person In Irel : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XIII. HOW A CERTAIN PERSON IN IRELAND WAS RESTORED, WHEN AT THE POINT OF DEATH, BY HIS RELICS. NOR was the fame of the renowned Oswald confined to Britain, but, spreading rays of healing light even beyond the se...
Book Iv. Xvi. How The Isle Of Wight Received : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XVI. HOW THE ISLE OF WIGHT RECEIVED CHRISTIAN INHABITANTS, AND TWO ROYAL YOUTHS OF THAT ISLAND WERE KILLED IMMEDIATELY AFTER BAPTISM. [686 A. D.] AFTER Caedwalla had obtained possession of the kingdom of the Gewissae...
Book V. Xxiii. Of The Present State : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXIII. OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE ENGLISH NATION, OR OF ALL BRITAIN. [725-731 A.D.] IN the year of our Lord 725, being the seventh year of Osric, king of the Northumbrians, who had succeeded Coenred, Wictred, the s...
Book V. Xiv. How Another In Like Manner : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XIV. HOW ANOTHER IN LIKE MANNER, BEING AT THE POINT OF DEATH, SAW THE PLACE OF PUNISHMENT APPOINTED FOR HIM IN HELL. I MYSELF knew a brother, would to God I had not known him, whose name I could mention if it were...
Book Iv. Vii. How It Was Indicated : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. VII. HOW IT WAS INDICATED BY A LIGHT FROM HEAVEN WHERE THE BODIES OF THE NUNS SHOULD BE BURIED IN THE MONASTERY OF BERECINGUM. [675 A.D.?] IN this monastery many miracles were wrought, accounts of which have been...
Book Iv. Xxv. Of The Vision That Appeared : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXV. OF THE VISION THAT APPEARED TO A CERTAIN MAN OF GOD BEFORE THE MONASTERY OF THE CITY COLUDI WAS BURNED DOWN. AT this time, the monastery of virgins, called the city of Coludi, above-mentioned, was burned down...
Book Iii. Xxi. How The Province Of The Midl : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXI. HOW THE PROVINCE OF THE MIDLAND ANGLES BECAME CHRISTIAN UNDER KING PEADA. [653 A.D.] AT this time, the Middle Angles, that is, the Angles of the Midland country (probably Leicestershire)under their Prince Pead...
Book Iii. Xi. How A Light From Heaven Stood : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XI. HOW A LIGHT FROM HEAVEN STOOD ALL NIGHT OVER HIS RELICS, AND HOW THOSE POSSESSED WITH DEVILS WERE HEALED BY THEM. [679-697 A.D.] AMONG the rest, I think we ought not to pass over in silence the miracles and signs...
Book Iii. Vii. How The West Saxons Received : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. VII. HOW THE WEST SAXONS RECEIVED THE WORD OF GOD BY THE PREACHING OF BIRINUS; AND OF HIS SUCCESSORS, AGILBERT AND LEUTHERIUS. [635-670 A. D.] AT that time, the West Saxons, formerly called Gewissae,in the reign...
Book Iii. Xxviii. How, When Tuda Was Dead : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXVIII. HOW, WHEN TUDA WAS DEAD, WILFRID WAS ORDAINED, IN GAUL, AND CEADDA, AMONG THE WEST SAXONS, TO BE BISHOPS FOR THE PROVINCE OF THE NORTHUMBRIANS. [664 A.D.] IN the meantime, King Alchfrid sent the priest, Wilfrid...
Title Page : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], BEDE'S ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND A REVISED TRANSLATION WITH INTRODUCTION, LIFE, AND NOTES BY A. M. SELLAR LATE VICE-PRINCIPAL OF LADY MARGARET HALL, OXFORD LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS 1907
Book V. Iii. How He Healed A Sick Maiden : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. III. HOW HE HEALED A SICK MAIDEN BY HIS PRAYERS. [705 A.D.] THE same Berthun told another miracle concerning the said bishop. When the most reverend Wilfrid, after a long banishment, was admitted to the bishopric...
Book I. Xxxi. How Pope Gregory : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXXI. HOW POPE GREGORY, BY LETTER, EXHORTED AUGUSTINE NOT TO GLORY IN HIS MIRACLES. [601 A.D.] At which time he also sent Augustine a letter concerning the miracles that he had heard had been wrought by him; wherein he...
Book Iii. Xxiii. How Bishop Cedd, Having : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXIII. HOW BISHOP CEDD, HAVING A PLACE FOR BUILDING A MONASTERY GIVEN HIM BY KING ETHEIWALD, CONSECRATED IT TO THE LORD WITH PRAYER AND FASTING; AND CONCERNING HIS DEATH. [659-664 A. D.] THE same man of God, whilst he...
Book V. I. How Ethelwald, Successor To Cuthbert : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], BOOK V CHAP. I. HOW ETHELWALD, SUCCESSOR TO CUTHBERT, LEADING A HERMIT'S LIFE, CALMED A TEMPEST BY HIS PRAYERS WHEN THE BRETHREN WERE IN DANGER AT SEA. [687-699 A.D.] THE venerable Ethewald succeeded the man of God, Cuthbert...
Book Iii. Xxvi. How Colman, Being Worsted : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXVI. HOW COLMAN, BEING WORSTED, RETURNED HOME, AND TUDA SUCCEEDED HIM IN THE BISHOPRIC, AND OF THE STATE OF THE CHURCH UNDER THOSE TEACHERS. [664 A.D.] THE disputation being ended, and the assembly broken up, Agilbert...
Book I. Xxiv. How He Wrote To The Bishop : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXIV. HOW HE WROTE TO THE BISHOP OF ARLES TO ENTERTAIN THEM. [596 A.D.] THE same venerable pope also sent at the same time a letter to Aetherius, archbishop of Arles,' exhorting him to give favourable entertainment...
Book Iv. Xiv. How A Pestilence Ceased Through : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XIV. HOW A PESTILENCE CEASED THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF KING OSWALD. [681-686 A.D.] IN this monastery, at that time, certain special manifestations of the heavenly grace are said to have been shown forth; in as much...
Book Ii. X. How Pope Boniface : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. X. AT this time he received a letter from Pope Boniface exhorting him to embrace the faith, which was as follows: COPY OF THE LETTER OF THE MOST BLESSED AND APOSTOLIC POPE OF THE CHURCH OF THE CITY OF ROME, BONIFACE...
Book Ii. Iii. How St. Augustine Made Mellitus : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. III. IN the year of our Lord 604, Augustine, Archbishop of Britain, ordained two bishops, to wit, Mellitus and Justus; Mellitus to preach to the province of the East Saxons, who are divided from Kent by the river...
Book Ii. Ix. Of The Reign Of King Edw : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. IX. AT this time the nation of the Northumbrians, that is, the English tribe dwelling on the north side of the river Humber, with their king, Edwin, received the Word of faith through the preaching of Paulinus, of whom...
Book Ii. Xvi. How Paulinus Preached : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XVI. PAULINUS also preached the Word to the province of Lindsey, which is the first on the south side of the river H umber, stretching as far as the sea; and he first converted to the Lord the reeve of the city...
Book I. X. How, In The Reign Of Arcadius : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. X. HOW, IN THE REIGN OF ARCADIUS, PELAGIUS, A BRITON, INSOLENTLY IMPUGNED THE GRACE OF GOD. [395 AD] In the year of our Lord 394, Arcadius, the son of Theodosius, the forty-third from Augustus, succeeding to the empire...
Book I. Xix. How The Same Holy Man, Being : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XIX. HOW THE SAME HOLY MAN, BEING DETAINED THERE BY SICKNESS, BY HIS PRAYERS QUENCHED A FIRE THAT HAD BROKEN OUT AMONG THE HOUSES, AND WAS HIMSELF CURED OF HIS INFIRMITY BY A VISION. [429 A.D.] AS they were returning...
Book Iv. Xxix. How This Bishop Foretold Th : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXIX. HOW THIS BISHOP FORETOLD THAT HIS OWN DEATH WAS AT HAND TO THE ANCHORITE HEREBERT. [687 A.D.] HAVING spent two years in his bishopric, he returned to his island and hermitage,being warned of God that the day...
Book I. Xiv. How The Britons, Compelled : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XIV. HOW THE BRITONS, COMPELLED BY THE GREAT FAMINE, DROVE THE BARBARIANS OUT OF THE THEIR TERRITORIES, AND SOON AFTER THERE ENSUED, ALONG WITH ABUNDANCE OF CORN, DECAY OF MORALS, PESTILENCE, AND THE DOWNFALL...
Book Iv. Xxvi. Of The Death Of The Kings : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXVI. OF THE DEATH OF THE KINGS EGFRID AND HIOTHERE. [684-685 A. D.] IN the year of our Lord 684, Egfrid, king of the Northumbrians, sending his general, Berct,with an army into Ireland, miserably laid waste th...
Book Ii. Xviii. How Honorius, Who Succeeded : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XVIII. IN the meantime, Archbishop Justus was taken up to the heavenly kingdom, on the 10th of November, and Honorius, who was elected to the see in his stead, came to Paulinus to be ordained, and meeting him...
Book Iv. Xxx. How His Body Was Found Altogether : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXX. HOW HIS BODY WAS FOUND ALTOGETHER UNCORRUPTED AFTER IT HAD BEEN BURIED ELEVEN YEARS, AND HOW HIS SUCCESSOR IN THE BISHOPRIC DEPARTED THIS WORLD NOT LONG AFTER. [698 A.D.] IN order to show forth the great glory...
Book I. Xxx. A Copy Of The Letter Which Pope : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXX. A COPY OF THE LETTER WHICH POPE GREGORY SENT TO THE ABBOT MELLITUS, THEN GOING INTO BRITAIN. [601 A.D.] The aforesaid envoys having departed, the blessed Father Gregory sent after them a letter worthy to be...
Book I. Xv. How The Angles, Being Invited : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XV. HOW THE ANGLES, BEING INVITED INTO BRITAIN, AT FIRST DROVE OFF THE ENEMY; BUT NOT LONG AFTER, MAKING A LEAGUE WITH THEM, TURNED THEIR WEAPONS AGAINST THEIR ALLIES. In the year of our Lord 449, Marci...
Book Iii. Xxvii. How Egbert, A Holy M : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXVII. HOW EGBERT, A HOLY MAN OF THE ENGLISH NATION, LED A MONASTIC LIFE IN IRELAND. [664 A.D.] IN the same year of our Lord 664, there happened an eclipse of the sun, on the third day of May,about the tenth hour...
Book Iii. Iii. How The Same King Oswald : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. III. HOW THE SAME KING OSWALD, ASKING A BISHOP OF THE SCOTTISH NATION, HAD AIDAN SENT HIM, AND GRANTED HIM AN EPISCOPAL SEE IN THE ISLE OF LINDISFARNE. [635A.D.] THE same Oswald, as soon as he ascended the throne...
Book Iii. Xviii. Of The Life And Death : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XVIII. OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE RELIGIOUS KING SIGBERT [CIRC. 631 A.D.] AT this time, the kingdom of the East Angles, after the death of Earpwald, the successor of Redwald, was governed by his brother Sigbert...
Book I. Ix. How During The Reign Of Grati : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. IX. HOW DURING THE REIGN OF GRATIAN, MAXIMUS, BEING CREATED EMPEROR IN BRITAIN, RETURNED INTO GAUL WITH A MIGHTY ARMY. [377 AD] In the year of our Lord 377, Gratian, the fortieth from Augustus, held the empire for six...
Introduction : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW There are, it has been estimated, in England and on the Continent, in all about 140 manuscripts of the "Ecclesiastical History." Of these, four date from the eighth century: the Moore MS...
Book Iv. Vi. How Wynfrid Being Deposed, Sexwulf : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. VI. HOW WYNFRID BEING DEPOSED, SEXWULF RECEIVED HIS BISHOPRIC, AND EARCONWALD WAS MADE BISHOP OF THE EAST SAXONS. [675 A.D.] NOT long after these events, Theodore, the archbishop, taking offence at some act...
Book V. Ii. How Bishop John Cured A Dumb Man : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. II. HOW BISHOP JOHN CURED A DUMB MAN BY HIS BLESSING. [687 A.D.] IN the beginning of Aldfrid's reign, Bishop Eata died, and was succeeded in the bishopric of the church of Hagustald by the holy man John, of whom those...
Book Iv. Xx. A Hymn Concerning Her : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XX. A HYMN CONCERNING HER. IT seems fitting to insert in this history a hymn concerning virginity, which we composed in elegiac verse many years ago, in praise and honour of the same queen and bride of Christ...
Book Iv. Iv. How Bishop Colman, Having Left : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. IV. HOW BISHOP COLMAN, HAVING LEFT BRITAIN, BUILT TWO MONASTERIES IN THE COUNTRY OF THE SCOTS; THE ONE FOR THE SCOTS, THE OTHER FOR THE ENGLISH WHOM HE HAD TAKEN ALONG WITH HIM. [667 A. D.] IN the meantime, Colm...
Book I. Xxvi. How St. Augustine In Kent Followed : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXVI. HOW ST. AUGUSTINE IN KENT FOLLOWED THE DOCTRINE AND MANNER OF LIFE OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH, AND SETTLED HIS EPISCOPAL SEE IN THE ROYAL CITY. [597 A. D.] AS soon as they entered the dwelling-place assigned to them...
Book V. Xii. How One In The Province : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XII. HOW ONE IN THE PROVINCE OF THE NORTHUMBRIANS, ROSE FROM THE DEAD, AND RELATED MANY THINGS WHICH HE HAD SEEN, SOME TO BE GREATLY DREADED AND SOME TO BE DESIRED. [CIRC. 696 A.D.] AT this time a memorable miracle...
Book I. Vi. Of The Reign Of Diocleti : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. VI. OF THE REIGN OF DIOCLETIAN, AND HOW HE PERSECUTED THE CHRISTIANS. [286 AD] In the year of our Lord 286, Diocletian, the thirty-third from Augustus, and chosen emperor by the army, reigned twenty years, and created...
Book Iv. Ix. Of The Signs Which Were Shown : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. IX. OF THE SIGNS WHICH WERE SHOWN FROM HEAVEN WHEN THE MOTHER OF THAT COMMUNITY DEPARTED THIS LIFE. [675 A.D.?] Now when Ethelburg herself, the pious mother of that community devoted to God, was about to be taken out...
Book V. Xi. How The Venerable Suidbert : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XI. HOW THE VENERABLE SUIDBERT IN BRITAIN, AND WILBRORD AT ROME, WERE ORDAINED BISHOPS FOR FRISLAND. [692 A.D.] AT their first coming into Frisland, as soon as Wilbrord found that he had leave given him by the prince...
Book I. Xviii. How The Same Holy Man Gave : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XVIII. HOW THE SAME HOLY MAN GAVE SIGHT TO THE BLIND DAUGHTER OF A TRIBUNE, AND THEN COMING TO ST. ALBAN, THERE RECEIVED OF HIS RELICS, AND LEFT OTHER RELICS OF THE BLESSED APOSTLES AND OTHER MARTYRS. [429 A.D.] After...
Book Ii. Xx. How Edwin Being Slain, Paulinus : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XX. EDWIN reigned most gloriously seventeen years over the nations of the English and the Britons, six wher, as has been said, he also was a soldier in the kingdom of Christ. Caedwalla, king of the Britons, rebelled...
Book Iv. Xix. How Queen Ethelthryth Always : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XIX. HOW QUEEN ETHELTHRYTH ALWAYS PRESERVED HER VIRGINITY, AND HER BODY SUFFERED NO CORRUPTION IN THE GRAVE. [660-696 A.D.] KING EGFRID took to wife Ethelthryth, the daughter of Anna,king of the East Angles, of whom...
Book V. Xv. How Divers Churches Of The Scots : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XV. HOW DIVERS CHURCHES OF THE SCOTS, AT THE INSTANCE OF ADAMNAN, ADOPTED THE CATHOLIC EASTER; AND HOW THE SAME WROTE A BOOK ABOUT THE HOLY PLACES. [703 A.D.] AT this time a great part of the Scots in Ireland, and some...
Book Iv. Iii. How The Above Mentioned Ceadd : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. III. HOW THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CEADDA WAS MADE BISHOP OF THE PROVINCE OF MERCIANS. OF HIS LIFE, DEATH, AND BURIAL. [669 A.D.] AT that time, the province of the Mercians was governed by King Wulf here, who, on the death...
Book Ii. Xi. How Pope Boniface Advised : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XI. [CIRC. 625 A.D.] THE same pope also wrote to King Edwin's consort, Ethelberg, to this effect: THE COPY OF THE LETTER OF THE MOST BLESSED AND APOSTOLIC BONIFACE, POPE OF THE CITY OF ROME, TO ETHELBERG, KING EDWIN'S...
Book Iv. Xiii. How Bishop Wilfrid Converted : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XIII. HOW BISHOP WILFRID CONVERTED THE PROVINCE OF THE SOUTH SAXONS TO CHRIST. [681 A.D.] BUT Wilfrid was expelled from his bishopric, and having long travelled in many lands, went to Rome, and afterwards returned...
Book Iv. Xv. How King Caedwalla, King : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XV. HOW KING CAEDWALLA, KING OF THE GEWISSAE, HAVING SLAIN ETHELWALCH, WASTED THAT PROVINCE WITH CRUEL SLAUGHTER AND DEVASTATION. [685 A.D.] IN the meantime, Caedwalla,a young man of great vigour, of the royal race...
Preface : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], EDITOR'S PREFACE The English version of the "Ecclesiastical History" in the following pages is a revision of the translation of Dr. Giles, which is itself a revision of the earlier rendering of Stevens. In the present...
Book Ii. Xii. How Edwin Was Persuaded To Believe : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XII. THUS wrote the aforesaid Pope Boniface for the salvation of King Edwin and his nation. But a heavenly vision, which the Divine Goodness was pleased once to reveal to this king, when he was in banishment...
Book I. Xxxiii. How Augustine Repaired : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXXIII. HOW AUGUSTINE REPAIRED THE CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR, AND BUILT THE MONASTERY OF THE BLESSED PETER THE APOSTLE; AND CONCERNING PETER THE FIRST ABBOT OF THE SAME. Augustine having had his episcopal see granted him...
Book Ii. Xix. How The Aforesaid Honorius : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XIX. THE same Pope Honorius also wrote to the Scots, whom he had found to err in the observance of the holy Festival of Easter, as has been shown above, with subtlety of argument exhorting them not to think themselves...
Book I. Xiii. How In The Reign Of Theodosius : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XIII. HOW IN THE REIGN OF THEODOSIUS THE YOUNGER, IN WHOSE TIME PALLADIUS WAS SENT TO THE SCOTS THAT BELIEVED IN CHRIST, THE BRITONS BEGGING ASSISTANCE OF AETIUS, THE CONSUL, COULD NOT OBTAIN IT. [446 A.D.] In the year...
Book I. Xi. How During The Reign Of Honorius : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XI. HOW DURING THE REIGN OF HONORIUS, GRATIAN AND CONSTANTINE WERE CREATED TYRANTS IN BRITAIN; AND SOON AFTER THE FORMER WAS SLAIN IN BRITAIN, AND THE LATTER IN GAUL. [407 A.D.] IN the year of our Lord 407, Honorius...
Book V. Ix. How The Holy Man, Egbert, Would : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. IX. HOW THE HOLY MAN, EGBERT, WOULD HAVE GONE INTO GERMANY TO PREACH, BUT COULD NOT; AND HOW WICTBERT WENT, BUT BECAUSE HE AVAILED NOTHING, RETURNED INTO IRELAND, WHENCE HE CAME. [CIRC. 688 A.D.] AT that time...
Book V. Viii. How, When Archbishop Theodore : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. VIII. HOW, WHEN ARCHBISHOP THEODORE DIED, BERTWALD SUCCEEDED HIM AS ARCHBISHOP, AND, AMONG MANY OTHERS WHOM HE ORDAINED, HE MADE THE LEARNED TOBIAS BISHOP OF THE CHURCH OF ROCHESTER. [690 A. D.] THE year after th...
Book I. Xii. How The Britons, Being Ravaged : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XII. HOW THE BRITONS, BEING RAVAGED BY THE SCOTS AND PICTS, SOUGHT SUCCOUR FROM THE ROMANS, WHO COMING A SECOND TIME, BUILT A WALL ACROSS THE ISLAND; BUT WHEN THIS WAS BROKEN DOWN AT ONCE BY THE AFORESAID ENEMIES, THEY...
Book Iv. X. How A Blind Woman, Praying : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. X. HOW A BLIND WOMAN, PRAYING IN THE BURIAL-PLACE OF THAT MONASTERY, WAS RESTORED TO HER SIGHT. [675 A.D.?] HILDILID, a devout handmaid of God, succeeded Ethelburg in the office of abbess and presided over th...
Book Iv. Xxiii. Of The Life And Death : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXIII. OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE ABBESS HILDA. [614-680 A.D.] IN the year after this, that is the year of our Lord 680, the most religious handmaid of Christ, Hilda,abbess of the monastery that is called...
Book I. V. How The Emperor Severus Divided : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. V. HOW THE EMPEROR SEVERUS DIVIDED FROM THE REST BY A RAMPART THAT PART OF BRITAIN WHICH HAD BEEN RECOVERED. In the year of our Lord 189, Severus, an African, born at Leptis, in the province of Tripolis, became emper...
Book V. Xxi. How The Abbot Ceolfrid Sent : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXI. HOW THE ABBOT CEOLFRID SENT MASTER-BUILDERS TO THE KING OF THE PICTS TO BUILD A CHURCH, AND WITH THEM AN EPISTLE CONCERNING THE CATHOLIC EASTER AND THE TONSURE. [710 A.D.] AT that time, Naiton, King of the Picts...
Book Iv. Xxviii. How The Same St. Cuthbert : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXVIII. HOW THE SAME ST. CUTHBERT, LIVING THE LIFE OF AN ANCHORITE, BY HIS PRAYERS OBTAINED A SPRING IN A DRY SOIL, AND HAD A CROP FROM SEED SOWN BY THE LABOUR OF HIS HANDS OUT OF SEASON. [676 A.D.] AFTER this...
Book I. I. Of The Situation Of Brit : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], BOOK I CHAP. I. OF THE SITUATION OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND, AND OF THEIR ANCIENT INHABITANTS Britain, an island in the Atlantic, formerly called Albion, lies to the north-west, facing, though at a considerable distance...
Book Iii. Xxx. How The East Saxons, During : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXX. HOW THE EAST SAXONS, DURING A PESTILENCE, RETURNED TO IDOLATRY, BUT WERE SOON BROUGHT BACK FROM THEIR ERROR BY THE ZEAL OF BISHOP JARUMAN. [665 A.D.] AT the same time, the Kings Sighere and Sebbi, though...
Book Iv. Xxii. How A Certain Captive's Chains : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXII. HOW A CERTAIN CAPTIVE'S CHAINS FELL OFF WHEN MASSES WERE SUNG FOR HIM. [679 A. D.] IN the aforesaid battle, wherein King Aelfwine was killed, a memorable incident is known to have happened, which I think ought by...
Book Iv. I. How When Deusdedit Died, Wigihard : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], BOOK IV CHAP. I. HOW WHEN DEUSDEDIT DIED, WIGIHARD WAS SENT TO ROME TO RECEIVE THE EPISCOPATE; BUT HE DYING THERE, THEODORE WAS ORDAINED ARCHBISHOP, AND SENT INTO BRITAIN WITH THE ABBOT HADRIAN. [664-669 A.D.]...
Book I. Xxi. How, When The Pelagian Heresy : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXI. HOW, WHEN THE PELAGIAN HERESY BEGAN TO SPRING UP AFRESH, GERMANUS, RETURNING TO BRITAIN WITH SEVERUS, FIRST RESTORED BODILY STRENGTH TO A LAME YOUTH, THEN SPIRITUAL HEALTH TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD, HAVING CONDEMNED...
Book V. Vii. How Caedwalla, King Of The West : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. VII. HOW CAEDWALLA, KING OF THE WEST SAXONS, WENT TO ROME TO BE BAPTISED; AND HIS SUCCESSOR INI, ALSO DEVOUTLY JOURNEYED TO THE SAME THRESHOLD OF THE HOLY APOSTLES. [688 A.D.] In the third year of the reign of Aldfrid...
Book I. Xvii. How Germanus The Bishop, Sailing : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XVII. HOW GERMANUS THE BISHOP, SAILING INTO BRITAIN WITH LUPUS, FIRST QUELLED THE TEMPEST OF THE SEA, AND AFTERWARDS THAT OF THE PELAGIANS, BY DIVINE POWER. [429 A.D.] Some few years before their arrival, the Pelagi...
Life Of Bede : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], LIFE OF BEDE Few lives afford less material for the biographer than Bede's; few seem to possess a more irresistible fascination. Often as the simple story has been told, the desire to tell it afresh appears to be perennial...
Book Ii. Xiv. How King Edwin And His Nati : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XIV. [627 A.D.] KING EDWIN, therefore, with all the nobility of the nation, and a large number of the common sort, received the faith, and the washing of holy regeneration, in the eleventh year of his reign, which is...
Book Iii. Xiv. How On The Death Of Paulinus : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XIV. HOW ON THE DEATH OF PAULINUS, ITHAMAR WAS MADE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER IN HIS STEAD; AND OF THE WONDERFUL HUMILITY OF KING OSWIN, WHO WAS CRUELLY SLAIN BY OSWY. [644-651 A. D.] OSWALD being translated to the heavenly...
Book Iv. Xi. How Sebbi, King Of The Same : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XI. HOW SEBBI, KING OF THE SAME PROVINCE, ENDED HIS LIFE IN A MONASTERY. [694 A.D.] AT that time, as the same little book informs us, Sebbi , a very devout man, of whom mention has been made above, governed the kingdom...
Book Iv. V. Of The Death Of The Kings Oswy : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. V. OF THE DEATH OF THE KINGS OSWY AND EGHERT, AND OF THE SYNOD HELD AT THE PLACE HERUTFORD, IN WHICH ARCHBISHOP THEODORE PRESIDED. [670-673 A. D.] IN the year of our Lord 670, being the second year after Theodore...
Book Ii. Vii. How Bishop Mellitus : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. VII. IN this king's reign, the blessed Archbishop Laurentius was taken up to the heavenly kingdom: he was buried in the church and monastery of the holy Apostle Peter, close by his predecessor Augustine, on the 2nd day...
Book V. Xviii. How The South Saxons Received : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XVIII. HOW THE SOUTH SAXONS RECEIVED EADBERT AND EOLLA, AND THE WEST SAXONS, DANIEL AND ALDHELM, FOR THEIR BISHOPS; AND OF THE WRITINGS OF THE SAME ALDHELM. [705 A.D.] IN the year of our Lord 705, Aldfrid, king...
Book Iii. Viii. How Earconbert, King Of Kent : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. VIII. HOW EARCONBERT, KING OF KENT, ORDERED THE IDOLS TO BE DESTROYED, AND OF HIS DAUGHTER EARCONGOTA, AND HIS KINSWOMAN ETHELBERG, VIRGINS CONSECRATED TO GOD. [640 A.D.] IN the year of our Lord 640, Eadbald,king...
Book Iv. Xvii. Of The Synod Held In The Pl : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XVII. OF THE SYNOD HELD IN THE PLAIN OF HAETHFELTH, ARCHBISHOP THEODORE BEING PRESIDENT. [680 A.D.] ABOUT this time, Theodore being informed that the faith of the Church at Constantinople was much perplexed by...
Book I. Xxxii. How Pope Gregory Sent Letters : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXXII. HOW POPE GREGORY SENT LETTERS AND GIFTS TO KING ETHELBERT. [601 A.D.] The same blessed Pope Gregory, at the same time, sent a letter to King Ethelbert, with many gifts of divers sorts; being desirous to glorify...
Book I. Xxii. How The Britons, Being : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXII. HOW THE BRITONS, BEING FOR A TIME AT REST FROM FOREIGN INVASIONS, WORE THEMSELVES OUT BY CIVIL WARS, AND AT THE SAME TIME GAVE THEMSELVES UP TO MORE HEINOUS CRIMES. IN the meantime, in Britain, there was some...
Book Ii. V. How, After The Death Of The Kings : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. V. IN the year of our Lord 616, which is the twenty-first year after Augustine and his company were sent to preach to the English nation, Ethelbert, king of Kent, having most gloriously governed his temporal kingdom...
Book I. Xvi. How The Britons Obtained Their : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XVI. HOW THE BRITONS OBTAINED THEIR FIRST VICTORY OVER THE ANGLES, UNDER THE COMMAND OF AMBROSIUS, A ROMAN. [456 A.D.] When the army of the enemy, having destroyed and dispersed the natives, had returned home to their...
Book I. Xxix. How The Same Pope Sent To Augustine : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXIX. HOW THE SAME POPE SENT TO AUGUSTINE THE PALL AND A LETTER, ALONG WITH SEVERAL MINISTERS OF THE WORD. [601 A.D.] Moreover, the same Pope Gregory, hearing from Bishop Augustine, that the harvest which he had w...
Book V. Xix. How Coinred, King Of The Mercians : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XIX. HOW COINRED, KING OF THE MERCIANS, AND OFFA, KING OF THE EAST SAXONS, ENDED THEIR DAYS AT ROME, IN THE MONASTIC HABIT; AND OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BISHOP WILFRID. [709 A. D.] IN the fourth year of the reign...
Book Iii. X. How The Dust Of That Place Prevailed : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. X. HOW THE DUST OF THAT PLACE PREVAILED AGAINST FIRE. [AFTER 642 A.D.] ABOUT the same time, another traveller, a Briton, as is reported, happened to pass by the same place, where the aforesaid battle was fought...
Book Ii. Xvii. How Edwin Received Letters : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XVII. AT that time Honorius, successor to Boniface, was Bishop of the Apostolic see. When he learned that the nation of the Northumbrians, with their king, had been, by the preaching of Paulinus, converted to the faith...
Book V. Iv. How He Healed A Thegn's Wife : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. IV. HOW HE HEALED A THEGN'S WIFE THAT WAS SICK, WITH HOLY WATER. THE same abbot related another miracle, not unlike the former, of the aforesaid bishop. "Not very far from our monastery," he said, "to wit, about two...
Book Ii. Xiii. Of The Council He Held With : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XIII. THE king, hearing these words, answered, that he was both willing and bound to receive the faith which Paulinus taught; but that he would confer about it with his chief friends and counsellors, to the end that if...
Book I. Xxviii. How Pope Gregory Wrote : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXVIII. HOW POPE GREGORY WROTE TO THE BISHOP OF ARIES TO HELP AUGUSTINE IN THE WORK OF GOD. [601 A.D.] Thus far the answers of the holy Pope Gregory, to the questions of the most reverend prelate, Augustine. Now...
Book Iii. V. Of The Life Of Bishop Aidan : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. V. OF THE LIFE OF BISHOP AIDAN. [635 A.D.] FROM this island, then, and the fraternity of these monks, Aidan was sent to instruct the English nation in Christ, having received the dignity of a bishop. At that time...
Book V. Xxiv. Chronological Recapitulati : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XXIV. CHRONOLOGICAL RECAPITULATION OF THE WHOLE WORK: ALSO CONCERNING THE AUTHOR HIMSELF. I HAVE thought fit briefly to sum up those things which have been related at length under their particular dates, that they may...
Book Iii. Xii. How A Little Boy Was Cured : * "Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England", ed. by A.M. Sellar, [1907], CHAP. XII. HOW A LITTLE BOY WAS CURED OF A FEVER AT HIS TOMB. SOME time after, there was a certain little boy in the said monastery, who had been long grievously troubled with a fever; he was one day anxiously expecting...