Wight, and nephew of the bishop. BETTI 59 9. one of the four priests taken by Peada, son of Penda king of Mercia, to instruct the Middle Angles in Christianity. BIRINVS 30 12. 113 15. a missionary bishop sent by pope Honorius to preach among the Britons. He remained among the West Saxons and was made first bishop of Dorchester. BISCOPVS BENEDICT 125 6 7. 126 10. an Englishman who, quitting a military life, retired to Rome and became so much trusted by pope Agatho, that he was sent to England along with archbishop Theodore, and took great share in the religious reforms of that prelate. He founded the monastery of Wearmouth and died toward the close of the seventh century. See h a. BISI IOI 26.

104 12. bp of the East Angles, present at the synod of Hertford.

BOISIL 151 11 31. 155 3. provost of Lindisfarne, a priest who was endowed with power of prophecy. BONIFATIVS 58 2.

104 14 16.

see

Berctgilsus. BOSA 114 23. 115 5. 138 2. a monk of Whitby who was made bp in Deira, after Wilfrid's expulsion and the division of his diocese. His cathedral city was York. See Dixon-Raine, p 83. BOSANHAMM 116 9. Bosham in Sussex. Sax Chron ann 1048 1049. Cod Dipl Bodesham 1338. BOSEL 138 18 27. bp among the Huiccii (Worcester) 689-691 A D. He resigned his episcopate from infirm health, and was succeeded by Oftfor one of the monks of. Whitby.

BOTHELM 22 2. one of the bre

thren of the church of Hexham.

Saxons.

BRIDIVS 25 5.

king of the Picts at the date of Columba's visit to Britain.

BRIGENSIS 33 23. belonging to the monastery of In Brige (Faremouster-en-Brie).

BRITTANIA 79 5. 80 14. Britain. BVRGHELM г16 I. a priest who

aided in the conversion and bap tism of the people of the South and West Saxons in the time when bp Wilfrid was labouring in those provinces.

CAECILIA 131 26. St Caecilia cele-
brated in Beda's hymn on virgi-
nity.
CAEDMON 142 18. a lay brother
in Hild's monastery at Whitby.
He was miraculously endowed
with the gift of poesy, and to him
are ascribed some of the earliest
Anglo-Saxon sacred poems.
CELIN 63 14. 64 28. a brother
of Cedd, bishop of the East
Saxons.

CALCARIA 137 7.
Yorkshire.
CALCEDON 124 16.
Bithynia.

Tadcaster in

Chalcedon in

Here was held the fourth general council of the Church 451 AD. CALE 33 18. 136 21.

Chelles,

about four miles from Paris.

Here was one of the nunneries

to which Englishwomen often retired.

82 12. 93 5 31. 94 12.
15 24 32. a brother of bishop

Cedd and himself for a time bishop at York and afterwards in Mercia, at Lichfield. CEADVALLA 113 22. 120 28. 121 4 6 13. king of the Geuissae, a supporter of bp Wilfrid. CEADVALLA 19 19. a king of the Britons, who exercised great cruelties on the Saxons.

82

CEDD 59 8. 61 11 14. 62 27. 64 28. 71 12. 76 27. 81 28. 18. 98 27. a missionary preacher and afterwards bishop of the East Saxons.

CELLACH 67 22. a Scottish pres

byter, consecrated second bishop among the Mercians. He afterwards resigned his episcopate and retired to Scotland. CEOLFRID 125 11. coadjutor and afterwards successor of Benedict Biscop as abbat of Wearmouth. CEOLLACH 59 32. iq Cellach. CERDIC 139 7. king of the Britons. CEROTAESEI 105 17. Chertsey in Surrey. Sax Chron Ceortesig, Ceorteseg, Certeseg. Cod Dipl 222 317 318 et saepe. CEROTVS 105 17. It was from the insula Ceroti that Chertsey derived its name.

CHORINTVS 72 30.

Corinth in Greece on the isthmus of Corinth. CILICIA 90 14. a province in the south-east corner of Asia Minor.

433

CLOFESHOCH 103 12. Tewkes-
bury (?) Kemble. Cod Dipl. 87.
164. 167 et saepe. Abingdon,
Gibson. Cliff near Rochester,
Thorpe Sax Chron.
CNOBHERESBVRG 53 15. Burgh
Castle in Suffolk.
CNOBHERI 53 15.

from being urbs Cnobheri, Cnobheresburg had its

name.

COINVALCH 31 10 19. 113 16. son and successor of Cynigilsus king of the Geuissae

COLMANVS 70 6. 71 21 22. 72 17. 73 30. 74 18. 76 4 22.

77 6

13. 79 13. 89 2. 99 26. 100 12. a Scot who succeeded Finan as bishop of Lindisfarne. He afterwards retired to Scotland and subsequently to Ireland in consequence of the decisions of the council of Whitby.

COLVDI VRBS 127 27. 145 12. Coldingham (Berwick), Coludesburh, Sax Chron anno 679. COLVMBA 24 20. 25 5. 74 22. 75 8 30. 76 7. the famous Irish monk missionary to the Northern Picts. He was the founder of the celebrated monastery at Hii (Iona). CONSTANTINOPOLIS 123 4. 124 13 17. 12612. Constantinople, the ancient Byzantium. Here were held the second and the fifth general councils, 381 and 553 A D. CONSTANTINVS 124 22. Constantinus IV, emperor 641-688 A D. He was son of Heraclius Constantinus and is frequently named Constans II. CVDBERCT) CVTHBERCT

149 11. 150 31. 151

13 15. 152 4. 153 10. 155 15. 157 14 25. 158 3 25. 159 15. 160 10 29. 161 16. bp of Lindisfarne. Beda wrote a life of Cudberct and a digest of it will be found in the notes pp 377 segg.

ty.

CYNIMVND 48 3. a presbyter of Beda's own monastery and one of his authorities.

CYNVISE 66 10. queen of Mercia
wife of king Penda.
CYRILLVS 124 20. patriarch -of
Alexandria 412—444 A D.

DACORE 161 5. a tributary of the

Eamont in Cumberland. DALFINVS 70 18. variously said to have been bp or archbp of Lyons (see notes). DAMIANVS 58 13. 93 20. succes

sor of Ithamar in the bishopric of Rochester.

DANIHEL 122 22. bishop of Winchester 705-744 A D. He is one of Beda's authorities. DEARMACH 25 15. Durrow in King's county, Ireland. Here was one of the earliest of St Columba's monastic foundations.

DEIRI

DERI 19 2.

66 32.

30 3 44 22. 63 6. 114 23. the people of the kingdom of Deira, the southern part of Northumbria, from the Humber to the Tyne. DENISES BVRNA 20 14. Dilston near Hexham in Northumberland. DERVENTIO 156 13.

shire river Derwent.

The York

DEVSDEDIT 58 8. 82 3. 83 4. 89.3. 93 14. the sixth archbishop of Canterbury 655-664 A D. He was the first Saxon archbishop.

DICVL 116 8. a Scottish monk belonging to the monastery at Bosanham.

DICVLLVS 56 30. one of the presbyters to whom Furseus left the charge of his monastery on his retirement to Gaul.

DIVMA 59 9 25. 67 21. a Scottish presbyter brought by Peada into the province of Mercia and ultimately ordained bishop of the Middle Angles and Mercians. DORCIC 31 2

DORCICAESTRA 1385 Dorchester in Oxfordshire. Sax Chron ann 637. 954 etc. Cod Dipl (with various orthography). 232. 236

et saepe. DORVVERNENSIS 32 26. 58 7. 89 4. 93 14. IOI 25. belonging to Canterbury. DORVVERNIS 123 21. Canterbury.

EABA 116 2. daughter of Eanfrid king of the Huiccii and wife of Aedilualch king of the South Saxons.

EADBALD 33 2. king of Kent 616— 640 A D.

EADBERCT 68 15. a duke of the

Mercians who rebelled against
Oswy and expelled him from
Mercia.

EADBERCT 69 4:

157 27. 158 11. 159 II. a learned and pious man who succeeded Cudberct in the episcopate of Lindisfarne. EADGAR 114 32. the third bishop of the province of Lindesey. EADGYD 107 8. one of the sisters in the monastery at Barking.

81 30. 114 23. 115

I 4 IO. the first bishop of Lindesey. He was afterwards bishop of Ripon. EAFA 68 14.

one of the Mercian princes who revolted against king Oswy when he had taken possession of Mercia. EANFLED

EANFLEDA 47 10. 69 21.

150

8. daughter of Eadwine king of Deira and second wife of Oswy king of Northumbria. EANFRID 19 8 14. 20 2 11. king

of Bernicia. He fell back from Christianity into idolatry and was slain by Ceadualla king of the Britons.

EANFRID 116 4. a king of the Huiccii father of Eaba queen of the South Saxons.

EAPPA 115 31. 118 12. 119 6. a presbyter who was active in the conversion and baptism of the people of the South Saxons. He was made provost of the monastery of Selsey.

EARCONBERCT 33 3 24. 128 22. king of Kent (640-664 AD). His father was Eadbald the previous king. EARCONGOTA 33 10 25. a daughter

of king Earconberct. She became a nun and died in the abbey of Brie.

EARCONVALDVS 105 2. III 29. bishop of London, died 693 A D. EARPVALDVS 51 21. son of Reduald and king of the East Angles after him 617-628 A D.

EATA 77 17 23.

435

115 5 7.

114 24. 151 8. 152 22. 155 13. at first abbat of Melrose, then made provost of the church at Lindisfarne and, on the sub-division of Wilfrid's diocese, bishop of Hexham. EBRINVS 91 3 14 18. mayor of the palace of Neustria in the time of Clothaire III and following kings. He persecuted the Christians and above others St Leger, bp of Autun. After the death of Clothaire the nobles for a time banished Ebroin to a monastery. But after the death of Childeric II he quitted his retirement and gained his former power. He was eventually killed by one of the nobles while in his bed AD 681. EBVRACENSIS 44 II. 81 26. 94 2. belonging to York.

1383

EBVRACVM 114 25. 115 5. 7. 155 7. York. Sax Chron Eoferwic passim: Cod Dipl 3 59.

990. 1343. ECGBERCT 26 8. an Angle priest, who had long lived in Ireland. He taught the monks of Iona the canonical rule for observing Easter.

ECGBERCT 79 22. 80 I 22 27. 98

14 25. 149 18. a pious Angle youth, who was living in Ireland at the monastery of Mellifont in the time of a great plague. In answer to his prayer his life was spared and he spent the remainder of his days in great austerity. ECGBERCT 82 27. 89 6. 91 11.

104 10. 150 17 21 25. king of Kent 664-673 AD. He was the son of Earconberct and was one of the kings on whose nomination Vighard was sent to Rome to be consecrated archbp of Canterbury.

ECGFRID 82 I. ΤΟΥ TI. 114 16

20 29. 117 21. 123 15.

125

16. 127 2 13 26. 132 28 30. 148 29. 150 II 29. 154 20. 155 8. son and successor of Oswy king of Northumbria. He was the second husband of Etheldreda and reigned 670-685 A D. ECGRICE 52 I 15. a relation and successor of Sigberct king of the East Angles, but neither his lineage nor that of Sigberct can be traced.

EDILHVN 79 22. 80 26. an Angle youth who retired to a monastery in Ireland and died there in the time of a great plague. EDILVINI 114 31. the second bishop of Lindesey. EDILVINVS 45 11. an officer in the army of Oswy king of Northumbria, and his agent in the murder of Oswin at Gilling. EDRIC 150 20 22. son of Ecgbert. He was king of Kent for a year and a half 685-686 a d. EDVINI 136 II. king of Deira 616-633 A D.

EFESVS 124 14. Ephesus, a town of Ionia in Asia Minor. The third general Council of the church was held there 431 A D. ELGE 127 27 31. 130 20. Ely. The orthography of Sax Chron is Elig, Eli, Helig and Eligburgh. Cod Dipl 46 5. 56 3 et saepe. EMME 91 7. a bishop of the Se

nones in Gaul. He showed hospitality to Hadrian on his way to England.

ENI 52 17. (Aene) father of Anna king of the East Angles. ERCONBERCT 89 5. iq Earconberct. ERCVNVALDVS 57 9 12. mayor of the palace of Neustria. He received Furseus on his retirement into Gaul. He was succeeded by Ebroin (Ebrinus). EVA 132 18. Eve. EVDOXIVS 124 14.

one of the

heretics condemned in the first council of Constantinople. EVFEMIA 131 24. St Euphemia of Chalcedon. She was martyred in the Diocletian persecution, and is celebrated in Beda's hymn on virginity.

EVLALIA 131 22. St Eulalia, similarly celebrated by Beda. EVTYCHES 123 5. 124 16. archimandrite of Constantinople. His heresy, whereby he taught that our Lord had no fleshly body and was not really born of the Virgin Mary, was condemned by the council of Chalcedon 451

A D.

FARA 33 13. called also Burgundo

fara, abbess and foundress of the monastery of Brie in Gaul. FARNE 48 20. 151 1. 157 19. 158 26. Farne island. FARO 91 8. bishop of Meldi (Meaux) in Senonian Gaul with whom Hadrian was entertained on his journey to England. FARVS 71 5. the interpretation of the name Streanaeshalch (Whitby) is given as Sinus Fari. FELIX 51 28. 57 28. 70 4. the first bishop of Dunwich in the province of East Anglia. FINAN 49 22. 59 3 27.

77 4

61 2 16. 68 26. 69 13 15. 70 6. 79 13. a monk of Hii (Iona) who succeeded Aedan as bishop of Lindisfarne.

FRANCI 57 9. Franks, French, FRESONES 42 14. the Frisians. FRESVS 134 32. perhaps the proper name of the citizen of London to whom Imma was sold as a slave, but the Saxon homily translates the word "a Frisian.' FRIGYD 140 13. the deputy abbess of the monastery of Hackness at the time when Hild abbess of Whitby died.