Babbanburch, _see_ Bamborough.
Badbury, Dorsetshire, supposed to be Badon Hill, 32 n.
Badon Hill, Battle of, 32, 42 n.
Baducing, patronymic of Benedict Biscop, 257 n.
Badudegn, a monk of Lindisfarne, 298, 299.
Badwin, Bishop of Elmham, 231.
Baithanus, Irish bishop, 128.
Balder, the God, 323 n.
Baldhild, or Bathild, Queen Regent of Neustria, wife of Clovis II, 152 n.,
349.
Ballads, English, 277 n.
Baltic, The, 317 n.
Bamborough, Babbanburch, Bebbanburh, or Bebburgh, 147, 161, 168, 383 n.,
385 n.
Bangor, alleged birthplace of Pelagius, 21.
Bangor-is-Coed, or Bancornaburg, monastery of, 86, 86 n., 88.
Bangor, Abbot of, _see_ Dinoot.
Baptism, of women, 55, 56;
of children, 55, 56;
its practice in the British Church, 87;
in the Roman Church, 87;
proper days for, 104 n.;
ritual of, 119.
Bardney, Monastery of, 123 n., 157, 158, 224, 241 n.;
endowed by Ethelred and Osthryth, 157;
burial place of Oswald, 157, 158.
Bardney, Abbot of, _see_ Ethelred, Hygbald.
Barking, or In Berecingum, Monastery of, xxviii, xxxiii, 232, 233, 234,
235, 237, 238.
Barking, Abbess of, _see_ Ethelburg.
Barrow, Lincolnshire, 219 n.
Barton-on-Humber, 219 n.
Basil, St., his Hexameron, quoted, 6.
Bassianus, _see_ Antonius.
Bassus, Edwin’s thegn, 132.
Bathild, _see_ Baldhild.
Baths of Britain, 6.
Bay of the Lighthouse, _see_ Whitby.
Beardaneu, _see_ Bardney.
Bebba, Queen, 147, 168.
Bebbanburh, or Bebburgh, _see_ Bamborough.
Bede, or Beda, the author, called “Venerable,” xxi, xxxiv;
account of his life, xxxiii-xliii;
his family, xxxiii;
born near Wearmouth, xxxiii, xxxiv, 386;
his instructors, xxxiii, xxxiv, 222, 257 n., 386;
his ordination, xxxiii, 273 n., 386;
his life spent in the Monastery of Wearmouth and Jarrow, xxxiii, xxxiv,
137 n., 386;
dates of his birth and death, xxxiv;
his autobiography, xxxiv, 386-389;
his diligence, xxxiv;
his eyes dim in age, xxxiv;
his death, xix, xxxiv, xxxix-xliii, 391;
his epitaph, xxxiv;
his learning, xxxiv, xxxv, xxxvi;
his style, xxxvi;
visits Lindisfarne, xxxvi;
visits York, xxxvi;
Egbert his pupil, xxxvi;
his “Epistola ad Ecgbertum,” xxxvi, 273 n., 342 n.;
his influence, xxxvi;
his last illness, xxxvi, xxxix, xl, xlii, xliii;
his “Life of Cuthbert” in prose and verse, xxxvi, 4 n., 260 n., 285 n.,
287 n., 288 n., 291, 309;
story of his visit to Rome, xxxvi;
story of his residence at Cambridge, xxxvi;
his writings, xxxvii, 311 n.;
list of his literary works and compilations, 386-389;
his studies, xxxvii, 386-389;
his duties, xxxvii;
his character, xxxvii, xxxviii, xxxix;
his zeal for Catholic usages, xxxviii, xxxix;
his admiration for Aidan, xxxix;
dictates to Wilbert his translation of St. John and St. Isidore, xlii,
xliii;
buried at Jarrow, xl;
his relics stolen by Elfred and carried to Durham, xl;
translated with those of St. Cuthbert to the new Cathedral, xl;
a shrine erected to him by Hugh de Puisac, xl;
his chronology corrected, 9, 11, 12, 13 n., 20 n., 22 n., 23 n., 27 n.,
28 n., 29 n., 42 n., 63 n., 68 n., 75 n., 94 n., 241 n., 254
n., 287 n., 314 n.;
his “Martyrology,” editorial references to, 27 n., 99 n., 265 n.;
his friendship for Acca, 161 n.;
his “De Temporibus,” 170;
his “De temporum Ratione,” 170, 227 n.;
his “History of the Abbots,” 213 n., 215 n., 257 n., 287 n.;
uses the Caesarean system of Indictions, 227 n.;
his “De Locis Santis,” 337 n., 338 n.;
said to have written Ceolfrid’s Letter to Naiton, 360 n.;
his “Expositio in Marci Evangelium,” 364 n.;
his “Ecclesiastical History,” _see_ Ecclesiastical.
Bega, Irish Saint, 271 n., 275 n.
Begu, a nun, has a vision of Hilda’s death, 275, 276.
Belgium, or Belgic Gaul, 5, 13 n.
Benedict I, Pope, 83.
Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, 215 n., 359, 389;
Bede trained under, xxxiii, 386;
founds the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, xxxiv, 257;
his library, xxxv, 257 n., 287 n.;
temporary abbot of SS. Peter and Paul’s Monastery, 216 n.;
goes to Rome, 257, 348;
account of, 257 n.;
brings John the Precentor back with him to Britain, 257, 258;
obtains a letter of privilege for his monastery, 257, 258;
his monastic rule, 257 n.
Benedictus Crispus, Archbishop of Milan, 313 n.
Benedictine Order of Monks, 275 n.
Beneventum, 21 n.
Benjamin, 73.
Beornred, King of Mercia, said to have murdered Ethelbald, 392.
Berct, Berctred, Brectrid or Briht, Egfrid’s General, lays Ireland waste,
285, 336 n.;
slain by the Picts, 385.
Berecingum, or Barking, _see_ Barking.
Berkshire, 10 n., 343 n.
Bernicia, History of, xxvi, 82 n., 83 n., 120, 137, 141, 147, 190;
diocese of, 244 n.
Bernicia, Bishop of, _see_ Eata.
Bernicia, King of, _see_ Eanfrid, Ethelric, Ida, Oswald, Oswy.
Bernwin, Wilfrid’s nephew, his mission to the Isle of Wight, 252.
Bersted, Witenagemot of, 316 n.
Bertfrid, Osrid’s Ealdorman, 385.
Bertgils, surnamed Boniface, _see_ Boniface.
Bertha, daughter of Charibert, wife of Ethelbert of Kent, 46, 48, 94, 95
n., 132 n.
Berthun, Ethelwalch’s Ealdorman, 251.
Berthun, Abbot of Beverley, 273 n., 302, 303, 305.
Bertwald, Archbishop of Canterbury after Theodore, xxx, xxxi, 239 n., 314,
315, 343 n., 344 n., 353 n.;
his burial place, 90;
his election and consecration, 274 n., 316, 323;
Abbot of Reculver, 315;
his learning, 315;
ordains Tobias, 316;
returns from the Continent, 323 n.;
reconciled to Wilfrid, 354 n., 355, 356 n.;
at the Synod on the Nidd, 356 n.;
consecrates Aldwulf, 378;
death, 378, 386.
Berwickshire, 260 n.
Betendune, _see_ Watton.
Bethlehem, 338, 339.
Betti, a Northumbrian priest, xxvii, 180, 181.
Beverley, Inderauuda, or In the Wood of the Deiri, Monastery of, founded
by John and Berthun, 273 n., 303, 307.
Beverley, Abbot of, _see_ Berthun, John.
Bewcastle, 163 n.
Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester, converts the West Saxons, xxvi, 147, 148,
241;
consecrated by Asterius, 148;
death, 148;
buried at Dorchester, 148;
his body translated to Winchester, 148, 149.
Biscop, _see_ Benedict.
Bishop Burton, 307 n.
Bishops, rules for, 49, 50, 228, 229;
their stipends, 49, 50;
consecration of, 53, 54, 65, 85 n.
Bishoprics, English, List of in 731 A.D., 379 n.;
subdivision of, 122 n., 229, 231, 242-4, 272 n., 273 n., 343.
Bisi, Bishop of Dunwich after Boniface, 227, 228 n., 230.
Blackwater, the River, 183 n.
Blaecca, Reeve of Lincoln, converted, 122.
Bledla, King of the Huns, 27.
Blessed Mother of God, Church of the, at Lastingham, 187;
at Barking, 237;
in St. Augustine’s, Canterbury, 357.
Blithryda, or Plectrude, wife of Pippin, 324.
Blood-letting, 305, 306.
Bobbio, Monastery of, 92 n.
Boethius referred to, 145 n.
Boisil, Provost of Melrose, 288;
teaches Cuthbert, 288, 289, 292;
death, 289;
appears to one of his disciples in dreams, and forbids Egbert to go to
the Germans, 317, 318, 319.
Boniface IV, Pope, 92, 93;
his pastoral letters to the English Church, 93.
Boniface V, Pope, xxv, 112, 124;
his letters, 98, 100, 101, 105, 111, 380 n.;
sends the pall to Justus, 100;
sends gifts to Edwin, 109;
to Ethelberg, 111;
death, 105 n.
Boniface, St., editorial references to, 3 n., 87 n., 179 n., 237 n., 324
n., 325 n., 342 n., 346 n., 391 n.;
his martyrdom, 392;
account of, 392 n.
Boniface, or Bertgils, Bishop of Dunwich, or of the East Angles, 179, 206
n., 207 n.;
death, 230.
Boniface, the Archdeacon, Pope’s Counsellor at Wilfrid’s second trial,
349, 354.
Boniface (probably St. Cuiritin), missionary, converts Naiton to Roman
usages, 359 n.
Bordeaux, Pilgrim of, 340 n.
Borrowdale, 294 n.
Boructuari, The, 245 n., 317;
converted by Suidbert, 324.
Bosa, Bishop of Deira or York, 243, 244, 358;
account of, 243 n.;
consecrated in Wilfrid’s place, 244, 385;
educated at Whitby under Hilda, 272, 273;
death, 305, 356 n.
Bosel, Bishop of Worcester, 273, 274.
Bosham, or Bosanhamm, Monastery of, 246.
Bothelm, 137, 138.
Boulogne, or Gessoriacum, 5, 13, 72 n., 73.
Bowmont Water, 120 n.
Bowness-on-Solway, 25 n.
Boy, a Saxon, his dying vision of SS. Peter and Paul, 248, 249, 250, 251.
Bradford-on-Avon, 210 n.
Bredon, or Briudun, monastery of, 379.
Bregusuid, mother of Hilda, 274.
Bretwalda, _see_ Aelli, Caelin, Edwin, Ethelbert, Oswald, Oswy, Redwald.
Bridius, or Bruide Mac Maelchon, King of the Picts, 141 n., 142.
Brige, In Brige, or Faremoûtier-en-Brie, monastery of, 151, 152.
Brige, Abbess of, _see_ Fara, Ethelberg, Saethryth.
Bright, his “Early English Church History,” vi;
references to, 12 n., 51 n., 84 n., 105 n., 121 n., 148 n., 151 n., 183
n., 195 n., 214 n., 242 n., 251 n., 292 n., 326 n.
Briht, _see_ Berct.
Britain, xxiii;
Roman occupation of, xxiii, 9-23;
description of, 5, 6;
language, 6, 80;
freed from Roman rule, 22, 23, 26, 382;
the Romans return to, 24;
its corruption during peace, 28, 41, 42;
suffers from a plague, 28, 29;
overrun by the Angles and Saxons, 29, 31, 32;
civil wars in, 41;
converted to Christianity, 80.
Britain, Church of, _see_ British.
Britain, King of, _see_ Lucius.
Britannicus, son of Claudius, 11.
British Church, xxiii, xxiv, xxxix, 19, 54, 55, 86, 92;
its attitude towards the Easter question, xxiv, 91, 196, 336, 344, 376
n., 381;
refuses allegiance to Augustine, 87;
approached by Laurentius, 92.
British Museum, The, 331 n.
Britons, or Brythons, xxxi;
defeated by Ethelfrid, xxiv, 73;
origin of, 6, 7;
language, 6.
Britons of Strathclyde, 286, 336 n.
Britons of Strathclyde, King of, _see_ Theudor.
Brittany, 7 n.
Briudun, _see_ Bredon.
Brocmail, Welsh Prince, 88.
Bromnis, 352 n.
Bructeri, The, 317 n.
Bruide, _see_ Bridius.
Bruide Mac Bili, King of the Picts, 285 n.
Brythons, _see_ Britons.
Buckinghamshire, 10 n.
Bulgarians, 317 n.
Burford, Battle of, 380 n., 392 n.
Burgh Castle, Monastery of, 174, 177.
Burgh Castle, Abbot of, _see_ Fursa.
Burghelm, a priest of Wilfrid’s, 245.
Burgundians, 92 n.
Burgundofarus, _see_ Faro.
Burgundy, 122.
Burton, _see_ Bishop, North, South.
Bury, Professor, his “Life of St. Patrick,” reference to, 27 n.
Butler, his “Lives of the Saints,” reference to, 388 n.
Cadvan, father of Caedwalla the Briton, 130 n.
Cadwalader, son of Caedwalla the Briton, 241 n.
Cadwallon, _see_ Caedwalla.
Caedmon, the Poet, his life and death, 277-281.
Caedwalla, or Cadwallon, King of Gwynedd in Wales, xxv, 241 n.;
account of, 130 n.;
his revolt against Edwin, 130, 131;
allied with Penda, 130;
his cruelty, 131, 135;
a Christian, 131;
besieged by Osric in York, 134, 135;
kills Osric, 134, 135;
kills Eanfrid by treachery, 135;
slain by Oswald, 135.
Caedwalla, King of Wessex, xxx, 287 n., 353 n.;
account of, 241 n.;
in exile, 251;
kills Ethelwalch in battle, 251;
expelled by Andhun and Berthun, 251;
kills Berthun, 251;
conquers and reunites Wessex, 241, 251, 252;
conquers the South Saxons and the Isle of Wight, 252, 253;
his relations with Wilfrid, 252;
kills Arwald’s brothers, 252, 253;
in concealment at Redbridge, 253;
wounded in the Isle of Wight, 253;
abdicates, 241, 345 n.;
his pilgrimage to Rome, 241, 312, 313, 314, 345, 385;
baptized under the name of Peter, 312, 313;
dies at Rome, 241, 312, 314;
buried in St. Peter’s, 313;
his epitaph, 313, 314.
Caelin, or Ceaulin, King of the West Saxons, second Bretwalda, 94, 241 n.
Caelin, brother of Cedd, 185, 187.
Caerleon-on-Usk, or City of Legions, 18.
Caesar, Caius Julius, editorial references to his works, 5 n., 10;
his invasion of Britain, 9, 10, 11, 23, 382;
returns to Gaul, 10.
Caesarea, library of, 369 n.;
Bishop of, _see_ Eusebius.
Caesarean System of Indictions, 227 n., 254 n.
Caiaphas, 335.
Cairbre Riada, _see_ Reuda.
Caistor, or Cyneburgacaster, Abbess of, _see_ Cyneburg.
Calcaria, or Kaelcacaestir, now Tadcaster, 271, 272.
Cale, _see_ Chelles.
Caledonians, the, 14 n.
Cambridge, xix, xxxvi, 172 n., 261 n.
Cambridgeshire, 112 n., 179 n., 259 n.
Campania, 21, 214, 388 n.
Campodonum, or Donafeld, 120.
Canche, the, 215 n.
Candidus, a presbyter, 44.
Cannes, 33 n.
Canons of the Western Church, 228.
Canterbury, or Doruvernis, 47, 48, 49, 210 n., 254, 255, 379;
churches of, xxii, 3, 51 n., 72;
see of, 49 n., 379 n.;
monastery at, 72;
almost destroyed by fire, 99;
school of, 121 n., 316 n., 343 n.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, _see_ Anselm, Augustine, Bertwald, Cuthbert,
Deusdedit, Honorius, Justus, Lanfranc, Laurentius, Mellitus,
Nothelm, Tatwine, Theodore.
Cantuarians, the, 133.
Cantuarii, 245 n.
Cantus Ambrosianus, 133 n.
Cantus Romanus, 133 n.
Cantyre, or Kintyre, 8 n., 142 n.
Caracalla, _see_ Antonius Bassianus.
Carausius, 13, 14.
Carlegion, _see_ Chester.
Carlisle, Luel, or Lugubalia, 73 n., 285 n., 294.
Carlisle, Bishop of, _see_ Appleby.
Carloman, King of the Franks, son of Charles Martel, 391, 392.
“Carmen Paschale,” _see_ Sedulius.
Carpophorus, St., 99 n.
Carriden (probably Urbs Iudeu), 23 n., 189 n.
Cassobellaunus, chief of the Catuvellauni, 10.
Catterick Bridge, Cataract, or Cataractonium, 120, 132, 164.
Catuvellauni, the, 10 n.
Ceadda, or Chad, St., afterwards Bishop of Lichfield and York, xxvii, 3,
384;
Abbot of Lastingham, xxxv, 187;
consecrated Bishop of York in Wilfrid’s place, 206, 207, 351;
reconsecrated by Theodore, 207 n., 217;
on Wilfrid’s return retires to Lastingham, 218, 351;
made Bishop of Lichfield, 192, 218, 219;
a disciple of Aidan, 208;
his holy life, 207, 219, 222, 223;
builds the monastery of Ad Barvae, 219;
account of his death, xxxviii, 219, 222, 224;
buried at Lichfield, 219, 224;
his posthumous miracles, 224;
his relics, 224 n.
Cearl, King of Mercia, 119.
Ceaulin, _see_ Caelin.
Cecilia, St., 265, 324.
Cedd, afterwards Bishop of Essex, xxvii, 3, 183, 206 n., 207, 208;
his mission to Mid-Anglia, 180, 181;
reconverts the East Saxons, 182, 183;
excommunicates a “gesith” for his unlawful marriage, 184;
rebukes King Sigbert and prophecies his death, 184;
baptizes King Suidhelm, 184, 185;
visits Northumbria, 185;
his self-imposed discipline, 186;
founds the monastery of Lastingham, 185, 186;
his brothers, 185, 186, 187;
his death, 185, 186;
burial, 186, 187;
trained at Lindisfarne, 186;
posthumous miracle, 187;
at Whitby, 195;
forsakes the Celtic Easter, 201;
his spirit appears at the time of Ceadda’s death, 224.
Celestine, or Celestinus, Pope, sends Palladius to the Irish, 27, 33 n.,
382, 383.
Celtic Churches, xxiii, xxiv, xxx, xxxi;
and _see_ British Church, Irish Church.
Celtic Missions, xxv, xxvi, xxx, 139 n.
“Celtic Scotland,” Skene’s, _see_ Skene.
Celts, 7 n.;
their observance of Easter, 84 n., 87;
and _see_ Easter Controversy.
Centwine, sub-king of Wessex, 241 n., 352 n.;
his wife, 352 n.
Ceolfrid, Abbot of Wearmouth and Jarrow, xxx, xxxiv, xxxv, 387, 389;
educates Bede, xxxiii, 386;
enlarges the library of Wearmouth and Jarrow, xxxv;
Pope Sergius’ letter to, xxxvi;
account of, 257;
sends builders to Naiton, King of the Picts, 359;
his letter to Naiton (said to be written by Bede), 360-374.
Ceollach, Bishop of Mid-Anglia and Mercia, 181, 191.
Ceolred, King of Mercia, son of Ethelred, succeeds Coinred, 346;
his bad character, 346 n.;
his death, 346 n., 380 n., 386;
his enmity to Ethelbald, 380 n.
Ceolwulf, King of Northumbria, brother of Coenred, succeeds Osric, xxxi,
375 n., 381;
“Ecclesiastical History” dedicated to, xxii, 1;
account of, 1;
taken prisoner, tonsured, and sent back to his kingdom, 390;
leaves the kingdom to Eadbert, 391.
Cerdic, British King, 274.
Cerot, Island of, 232.
Cerotaesei, _see_ Chertsey.
Chad, St., _see_ Ceadda.
Chalcedon, 265 n.;
council of, 228 n., 254 n.
Chaldeans, the, 31.
Charibert, King of Paris, 46 n., 132 n.
Charles Martel, King of the Franks, defeats the Saracens, 378;
supports Boniface’s mission, 392 n.;
death, 391.
Charybdis, 365.
Chauci, the, 317 n.
Chelles, or Cale, monastery of, 152, 271, 349 n.
Chepstow, 84 n.
Chertsey, Cerotaesei, or the Island of Cerot, monastery of, xxviii, 232.
Cherusci, the, 317 n.
Cheshire, 204 n.
Chester, Carlegion, City of Legions, or Legacaestir, 18 n.;
Battle of, xxiv, 87, 88.
Chester-le-Street, or Cunungaceaster, 295 n., 325 n.
Chichester, 246 n., 247 n.
Childebert, King of Austrasia and Burgundy, 49 n.
Chilperic, King of Neustria, brother of Charibert, 132 n.
Chosroes II, King of Persia, 340 n.
Chrism, 87 n.
Christ Church Cathedral, Canterbury, 72.
Christians, persecuted under Diocletian and Maximian, 14-19;
under Nero, 14.
Christmas, 206.
“Chronological Recapitulation of the whole Work,” 382, _et seq._
Church Furniture, 65;
Music, 133, 358, 386.
“Church Historians,” _see_ Stevenson.
Churches of Wood, 170, 192, 360;
of stone, 192, 359;
covered with lead, 192.
Cilicia, 214.
City of Legions, _see_ Caerleon and Chester.
Claudius, Emperor, invades Britain and conquers the Orkneys, 11, 382.
Clement, St., 91.
Clement, name given to Wilbrord, 179 n., 324.
Clergy, rules for, 50, 229.
Cliff-at-Hoe, Clofeshoch, or Clovesho, 229 n., 255 n.
Clonard, 140 n.
Clonard, Abbot of, _see_ Colman or Columbanus.
Clothaire III, King of Neustria, 206, 215, 349 n.
Clothilde, wife of Clovis I, 152 n.
Clovesho, _see_ Cliff-at-Hoe.
Clovis I, King of the Franks, 152 n.
Clovis II, King of Neustria, 152 n., 178, 349 n.
Clyde, or Cluith, the river, 24.
Cnobheresburg, or Cnobhere’s Town, _see_ Burgh Castle.
Coenred, or Coinred, King of Mercia after Ethelred, son of Wulfhere, xxx,
332, 356, 385;
his thegn’s visions, 332, 333, 334;
gives up his throne and goes to Rome, 345, 346, 385;
becomes a monk, 345, 346;
reconciled to Wilfrid, 356.
Coenred, King of Northumbria, 375, 377, 378.
Coenwald, Theodore’s representative at Wilfrid’s trial, 352 n.
Coifi, a pagan priest converted to Christianity, 116, 117, 118.
Coinwalch, King of Wessex, son of Cynegils, xxvi, 149, 350 n.;
in exile in East Anglia, 149;
puts away his wife, Penda’s sister, and marries another, 149;
restored to his kingdom, 149;
his relations with Agilbert, 149, 150;
death, 241.
Coldingham, or Coludi, monastery of, xxix, 260, 266 n., 281, 283, 284.
Coldingham, Abbess of, _see_ Aebba.
Coldstream, 120 n.
Colman, Bishop of Northumbria, xxviii, 194, 201;
at the Whitby Synod, 195, 196, 198, 200;
returns to Ireland, 201, 204, 213, 225, 384;
takes some of Aidan’s bones with him, 202;
his frugality and plain living, 202, 203;
at Iona, 225;
at Innisboffin, 225;
at Mayo, 225, 226.
Colman, or Columbanus, Irish bishop, 128, 129 n.
Cologne, 322.
Coludi, _see_ Coldingham.
Columba, or Columcille, St., Bishop of Iona, 151 n., 372;
his mission to the Picts, xxv, xxvi, 140, 141, 142, 359 n., 383;
converts King Bridius, 142;
account of, 140 n.;
his name, 140 n., 318;
founds the monastery of Iona, xxvi, 142, 383;
builds the monastery of Dearmach, 142;
his rule and jurisdiction, 142, 143;
records of him, 143;
miracles, 199, 200;
death, 142 n.;
buried at Iona, 142.
“Columba, St., Life of,” _see_ Adamnan and Reeves.
Columban Monasteries, Egbert’s mission to, 318, 319, 375 n.
Columbanus, Irish missionary to the continent, 92.
Columbanus, _see_ Colman.
Columcille, _see_ Columba.
Comb sent by Boniface to Ethelberg, 111.
Comets, xxxi, 242, 378, 385, 386.
Communion, Holy, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60, 61, 62, 65, 96, 101, 249, 275,
280, 363.
Compiègne, Royal Villa, 206.
Conall, King of the Dalriadic Scots, 142 n.
Confirmation, the rite of, 87 n.
Connor, Bishop of, _see_ Dima.
Conquest, the Norman, 343 n.
Conrad, Prior of Canterbury, 72 n.
Constans II, or Constantine IV, Emperor, 256.
Constans, son of Constantine, Tyrant of Britain, 22.
Constantine I, Pope, 345.
Constantine the Great, Emperor, 19, 210 n.;
establishes Christianity, 70;
completes the Basilica of the Anastasis, and builds the Church of the
Martyrium, Jerusalem, 339, 340.
Constantine III, Emperor, 127.
Constantine IV, _see_ Constans II.
Constantine, Tyrant in Britain, 22.
Constantinople, xxxviii, 27, 77, 254 n., 338;
Church at, 254;
councils of, 254, 255, 256, 258, 352 n.
Constantinople, Bishop of, _see_ Eudoxius, Macedonius, Nestorius.
Constantinopolitan System of Indictions, the, 227 n.
Constantius, father of Constantine the Great, 19.
Constantius, Count, 22.
Constantius Chlorus, Emperor, 14 n.
Constantius of Lyons, his “Life of Germanus,” xxii;
editorial references to, 33 n., 36 n., 38 n.
Continuation of Bede, the, 390, _et seq._
Conwulf, Bishop of Lindisfarne, after Ethelwald, 391.
Corinth, 197.
Corinthians, Epistle to the, quoted, 103, 111, 363.
Corman, his unsuccessful mission to the Northumbrians, 145.
Cornish Britons, 7 n., 336 n.
Cornwall, 33 n., 84 n.
Corrib, Lough, monastery on, 174.
“Cotton MSS.,” xix.
Councils, 116, 128, 255 n., 256;
and _see_ Constantinople, Rome, and Synods.
Cousins, marriage of, 52.
Cricklade, 84 n.
Crimea, the, 256 n.
Croes Oswallt, _see_ Oswestry.
Cromanus, or Cronan, Bishop of Nendrum, 129.
Cross, The, in procession, 46;
sign of the, 304;
Invention of the Holy, by Helena, 339, 340 n.
Cross, erected by Oswald, at Hefenfelth, 136, 137, 138.
Cross at Maserfelth, 154 n.
Cudwald, _see_ Cuthbald.
Cuichelm, King of Wessex, son of Cynegils, 103, 104, 149 n.
Cuichelm, Bishop of Rochester after Putta, 241, 242.
Cuiritin, Irish saint, 359 n.
“Culdees, The,” _see_ Reeves.
Cunningham, 325 n.
Cunungaceaster, _see_ Chester-le-Street.
Cuthbald, Abbot of Medeshamstead, 356 n.
Cuthbald, or Cudwald, Abbot of Oundle, 356.
Cuthbert, St., Bishop of Lindisfarne, xxii, xxix, xxxviii, 4, 161 n., 168
n., 192 n., 244 n., 331 n., 389;
history of, 288-295;
at Farne, 288;
at Melrose, 288, 289;
succeeds Boisil as Provost, 289;
at Ripon, 194 n.;
his consecration, 285, 288, 292, 293;
Bishop of Hexham, 293;
of Lindisfarne, 293;
his friendship for Elfled, 189 n.;
foretells Egfrid’s defeat by the Picts, and death, 189 n., 285, 286;
his vision, 288 n.;
his spiritual powers, 289;
his missionary journeys, 289, 290;
his hermitage on Farne Island, 291, 292, 294;
attends the Synod at Twyford, 292;
his piety, 293, 297;
at Carlisle, 294;
foretells his own death to Herebert, 294, 295;
death, 295;
buried at Lindisfarne, 295, 302;
his body preserved from corruption, 295 n., 296, 297, 300;
removal of his relics, 295 n., 302 n.;
miracles, 291, 292, 297, 298, 299, 300;
Anonymous Life of, xxii, 285 n.;
Bede’s Life of, _see_ Bede.
Cuthbert, Archbishop of Canterbury after Nothelm, 90 n., 391.
Cuthbert, Abbot of Wearmouth and Jarrow, pupil of Bede, xxxix, xl;
his letter to Cuthwin describing Bede’s death, xxxiv, xxxv, xxxix,
xl-xliii.
Cuthred, King of Wessex, 391, 392 n.
Cuthwin, xxxiv, xl, _et seq._
Cuthwine, father of Coenred, King of Northumbria, 375 n.
Cycles, Paschal, 84 n., 368, 369, 370, 374.
Cyneburg, St., daughter of Penda, wife of Alchfrid, Abbess of Caistor,
180.
Cyneburga, daughter of Cynegils, wife of Oswald, 148.
Cyneburgacaster, _see_ Caistor.
Cynegils, King of Wessex, xxvi, 103 n., 147;
baptized with all his people, 148;
his daughter married to Oswald, 148;
divides the West Saxon diocese, 150;
death, 149.
Cynibert, Bishop of Lindsey or Sidnacester, 4, 243, 244, 379 n., 380;
death, 390.
Cynibert, Abbot of Redbridge, 253.
Cynibill, brother of Cedd, 186, 187.
Cynifrid, surgeon to Ethelthryth, 262.
Cynimund, a priest, 167.
Cyniwulf, King of Wessex, 392.
Cynwise, wife of Penda, 188, 227 n.
Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria, 255 n., 256, 369.
Cyrus, in Syria, Bishop of, _see_ Theodoret.
Dacre, or Dacore, The Monastery of, 299;
a monk of, miraculously cured of a tumour, 299, 300.
Dacre, Abbot of, _see_ Suidbert, Thruidred.
Dacre, The River, 299.
Dagan, Bishop of Inverdaeile, or Ennereilly, 92.
Dagobert I, King of the Franks, 132.
Dagobert II, King of Austrasia, 351 n.
Dal, Signification of, 8.
Dalfinus, Archbishop of Lyons, _see_ Annemundus.
Dalfinus, Count of Lyons, 194 n., 348.
Dalriada, the Dalreudini or Dalriadic Scots, history, xxiv, 8, 73, 142 n.,
286, 392 n.
Dalriadic Scots, King of, _see_ Conall.
Dalston, near Carlisle, 73 n.
Damascus, 338.
Damian, or Damianus, Bishop of Rochester after Ithamar, 179, 216, 245 n.;
account of, 179 n.;
death, 206 n., 218.
Danes, 30, 317;
their invasions of England, 122 n., 161 n., 231 n., 295 n., 303 n.
Daniel, Bishop of Winchester, xxx, 3, 148 n., 253, 344, 345, 379, 380.
Danube, The River, 317 n.
Darling, Grace, 168 n.
David, 61, 338, 341.
Dawstane Rig, Liddesdale, 73 n.
Dearmach, Durrow, or Field of Oaks, Monastery of, 142.
Decius, Emperor, 265, 388 n.
Deda, Abbot of Partney, 123.
Degsastan, or Degsa Stone, Battle of, 73, 74, 383.
“De Ingratis,” _see_ Prosper.
Deira, History of, xxvi, 82 n., 83 n., 120, 134, 147, 190, 270 n., 383 n.;
diocese of, 243 n.;
Gregory’s pun on the name, 82.
Deira, King of, _see_ Aelli, Ethelfrid, Ethelric, Oidilwald, Osric, Oswin,
Yffi.
Deira, Sub-king of, _see_ Aelfwine, Egfrid.
Deira, Bishop of, _see_ Bosa.
“De Locis Sanctis,” _see_ Adamnan and Bede.
“De Mensura Orbis Terrae,” the author of, 246 n.
Denisesburna, or The Brook of Denis, Battle of, 135, 136.
Deogratias, 179 n.
Derbyshire, 181 n.
Derwent, the River (Cumberland), 294.
Derwent, the River (Durham), 260.
Derwent, the River (Yorkshire), 104, 118, 350 n.
Derwentwater, 294.
Deusdedit, Pope, 98, 100, 179 n.
Deusdedit, or Frithonas, Archbishop of Canterbury, after Honorius, xxvi,
178, 179, 208, 351 n.;
death, 179, 206 n., 207, 213, 217.
Deusdedit, The name of, 179 n.
Deuteronomy, quoted, 55, 279.
Devils, 328, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336.
Devil’s Water, 135 n.
Devon and Cornwall, Kingdom of, _see_ Dumnonia.
Diarmaid, Irish King, 140 n.
“Dictionary of Christian Antiquities,” referred to, vi, 227 n.
“Dictionary of Christian Biography,” referred to, vi, 19 n., 49 n., 387 n.
Dicul, an Irish monk of Bosham, 246.
Dicull, one of Fursa’s priests, 177.
Dima, Bishop of Connor, 129 n.
Dinnaus, probably Dima, 128.
Dinoot, Donatus, Dunawd or Dunod, Abbot of Bangor, 86.
Diocletian, Emperor, 12, 13, 14, 19, 265 n.
Dionysius Exiguus, 228 n., 369.
Discipline, Augustine’s Questions and Gregory’s Answers on, 49-64.
Diuma, Bishop of Lindsey, Mercia, and Mid-Anglia, xxvii, 181, 190;
accompanies Peada into Mid-Anglia, 180, 181;
death, 181, 190;
burial, 190, 191.
Divorce, 230, 238, 239.
Dolphins in Britain, 5.
Domesday-Book, 268 n.
Dommoc, _see_ Dunwich.
Don, The River, 189.
Donafeld, _see_ Campodonum.
Donatus, _see_ Dinoot.
Doncaster (perhaps Campodonum), 120 n., 131.
Dooms, of Edric, 287 n.;
of Ethelbert, 95 n.;
of Hlothere, 287 n.;
of Ini, 231 n., 251 n.
Dorchester (Oxfordshire), See at, xxvi, 148, 272 n., 273.
Dorchester, Bishop of, _see_ Aetla, Agilbert, Birinus.
Dorsetshire, 343 n.
Dorubrevis, _see_ Rochester.
Doruvernis, _see_ Canterbury.
Double Procession of the Holy Spirit, Doctrine of, 256.
Doulting, 343 n.
Dreams, _see_ Visions.
Driffield, or Field of Deira, 342 n.
Drought, An excessive, 391.
Drythelm, a Northumbrian, his visions of Death, Hell and Judgement, xxx,
325-331;
retires into the monastery of Melrose, 326, 331;
death, 332.
Ducange, editorial references to, 77, 90, 135 n., 266 n., 305 n., 340 n.
Dudden, F. Homes, his “Gregory the Great,” editorial references to, 75 n.,
81 n., 133 n.
Dugdale’s “Monasticon,” editorial references to, 18 n., 275 n.
Dumbarton, Alcluith, or Dúnbrettan, 9, 24, 25.
Dumnonia, 344 n.
Dumnonia, King of, _see_ Geraint.
Dunawd, _see_ Dinoot.
Dunbar, 352 n.
Dúnbrettan, _see_ Dumbarton.
Dunchad, Abbot of Iona, 376.
Dunnechtan, _see_ Nechtansmere.
Dunnichen, 285 n.
Dunod, _see_ Dinoot.
Dunwich, or Dommoc, Diocese of, 122 n., 172 n.
Dunwich, Bishop of, _see_ Aecci, Aldbert, Bisi, Boniface.
Durham, xl, 161 n., 190, 204 n., 288 n., 302;
Cathedral, 295 n.
Durham, Reginald of, _see_ Reginald.
Durrow, _see_ Dearmach.
Dysentery, 393.
Eabae, daughter of Eanfrid, wife of Ethelwalch, baptized, 246.
Eadbald, King of Kent, son of Ethelbert, xxiv, xxvi, 95, 99, 127, 348 n.;
his wickedness, 95;
marries his stepmother, 95, 97;
gives her up, 97;
converted by Laurentius, 97, 98, 101, 105 n., 107, 110;
recalls Mellitus and Justus, 98;
builds the Church of the Mother of God, 98;
his letters to Pope Boniface, 101;
gives his sister in marriage to Edwin, 102, 103;
welcomes Paulinus back to Kent, 132;
death, 151, 384.
Eadbert, King of Kent, son of Wictred, 377.
Eadbert, King of Northumbria after Ceolwulf, 391, 392, 393.
Eadbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 192, 296, 297, 353 n.;
illness and death, 297;
buried with Cuthbert at Lindisfarne, 297, 302 n.;
posthumous miracles, 297, 298.
Eadbert, Abbot of Selsey, afterwards Bishop of Selsey, 345.
Eadbert, (unknown), slain, 391.
Eadbert, Mercian Chief, 191, 192.
Eadfrid, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 331 n.
Eadfrid, son of Edwin, baptized, 119;
killed by Penda, 131.
Eadgyth, a nun of Barking, 234.
Eadhaed, Bishop of Lindsey, 207, 243;
translated to Ripon, 244, 385.
Eadwulf, usurps the throne of Northumbria, 342 n., 391 n.;
besieges Bamborough, 385 n.
Eafa, Mercian Chief, 191, 192.
Eanfled, daughter of Edwin, wife of Oswy, xxv, 165 n., 167, 189 n., 191;
her birth, 104;
baptism, 104, 384;
taken by her mother and Paulinus into Kent, xxv, 132, 167;
observes the Catholic Easter, 193;
receives a cross from Pope Vitalian, 211;
befriends Wilfrid, 347, 348;
joint Abbess of Whitby with her daughter Elfled, 189 n., 286, 306 n.;
buried at Whitby, 190;
her relatives, 348.
Eanfrid, King of Bernicia, son of Ethelfrid, 134.
Eanfrid, King of the Hwiccas, 246.
Eanred, 392.
Eappa, a priest of Wilfrid’s, afterwards Abbot of Selsey, 245, 248, 249,
250.
Earconbert, King of Kent, son of Eadbald, xxvi, 151, 261;
suppresses idolatry, xxvi, 151;
sends Wilfrid and Benedict Biscop to Rome, 348;
death, 213, 384.
Earcongota, daughter of Earconbert and granddaughter of Anna, xxvi, 149
n., 151, 152, 153.
Earconwald, St., Bishop of London, xxviii, 231, 232, 239.
Earpwald, King of East Anglia, son of Redwald, xxv, 171;
converted by Edwin, xxv, 120, 121;
slain by Ricbert, 121.
East Angles, The, 30, 45 n.
East Anglia, History of, xxvi, 3, 112 n., 177, 220, 271;
establishment of Christianity in, xxv, 121, 122;
diocese of, xxviii, 231, 379 n., 380.
East Anglia, King of, _see_ Aldwulf, Anna, Earpwald, Ecgric, Ethelhere,
Ethelwald, Redwald, Sigbert, Tytilus, Uuffa.
East Anglia, Bishop of, _see_ Bisi, Boniface, Thomas.
Easter Controversy, The, xxiv, xxv, xxvi, xxviii, xxx, xxxi, xxxviii,
xxxix, 84, 85, 87, 91, 128, 129, 138, 139, 143, 170, 171,
192-201, 210, 216, 228, 336, 337, 344, 350, 359-370, 374-376,
381, 386.
Easter kept twice in one year, 193.
Eastern Church, _see_ Greek.
East Lothian, 325 n.
East Saxons, 30, 45, 191 n.;
diocese of, _see_ London;
province of, _see_ Essex.
Eata, Abbot of Melrose, afterwards Bishop of Hexham, 194 n., 243, 244 n.,
288, 290, 318, 385;
ordained at York in Wilfrid’s place, 244;
Bishop of Lindisfarne, 202, 244 n., 288;
death, 302.
Eata Glinmaur, father of Eadbert of Northumbria, 391 n.
Ebbsfleet, 45 n.
Ebchester, Monastery of, 260 n.
Ebroin, Mayor of the Palace to Clothaire III, 192 n., 349;
plots against Wilfrid, 192 n., 351 n.;
detains Hadrian and Theodore, 215, 216;
murdered, 215 n.
“Ecclesiastes,” quoted, 220.
Ecclesiastical Arithmetic, 217.
“Ecclesiastical History,” Bede’s, MSS. of, xix, 277 n.;
sources of, xxi, xxii, 5 n.;
editions of, xix, xx;
translations of, xx, xxi, 249 n., 321 n.;
date of, 379 n.;
Bede’s own account of, 386;
and _passim_.
Ecgric, King of East Anglia, after Sigbert, 172.
Eclanum, Bishop of, _see_ Julianus.
Eclipses of the Moon, 390, 392;
of the Sun, 203, 213, 383, 384, 390, 392.
Eddi, or Eddius, surnamed Stephen, editorial references to, his “Life of
Wilfrid,” 189 n., 217 n., 218 n., 244 n., 252 n., 267 n., 346
n., 347 n., 348 n., 349 n., 350 n., 351 n., 353 n.;
teaches the Northumbrians to sing in church, 217.
Edessa, Bishop of, _see_ Ibas.
Edgar, Bishop of Lindsey, 243.
Edilhart, King of Wessex, 391.
Edinburgh (perhaps Urbs Iudeu), 23 n., 189 n.
Edric, King of Kent, 287.
Edwin, King of Deira, afterwards of Northumbria, 5th Bretwalda, 109, 127,
147, 164, 243 n., 348 n.;
his early history, xxv, 112, 115, 130 n.;
marries Ethelberg of Kent, xxiv, 102, 103;
conquers the Mevanian Islands, 94, 102;
his dominion, 102;
his vision, 112, 113, 114, 115;
his conversion and baptism, xxv, 102, 105, 110, 111, 115, 116, 118, 131,
270, 271, 384;
allows his daughter to be baptized, 104, 384;
his children, 104, 119, 132;
receives letters from Pope Honorius, 124, 125;
converts Earpwald, xxv, 120, 121;
Eumer’s attack on his life, 103, 104;
his war against the West Saxons, 104, 105;
builds St. Peter’s, York, 118, 119, 131;
bestows the see of York upon Paulinus, 118;
marries Quenburga, 119;
his glorious reign, 123, 124, 130;
Caedwalla rebels against him, 130;
defeated and killed at the battle of Hatfield, xxv, 119, 130, 131, 134,
135 n., 154, 167, 384;
buried at Whitby, 131 n., 190;
his head laid in St. Gregory’s Chapel in St. Peter’s, York, 131, 190 n.;
his Cross and Chalice preserved at Canterbury, 132.
Edwin’s Cliff, 393 n.
Edwinspath, _see_ Ouestraefelda.
Egbert, Bishop of York after Wilfrid II, afterwards Archbishop, pupil of
Bede, xxxvi, 273 n., 342 n., 390, 391;
founder of the School of York, xxxvi;
Bede’s “Epistola ad Ecgbertum” addressed to, xxxvi, 390 n.;
Bede visits, xxxvi, xxxix;
death, 393.
Egbert, English monk in Ireland, probably bishop, xxx, xxxi, 143, 203,
205, 316;
account of, 143 n.;
seized with the plague, 204;
his vow and recovery, 205;
his attempted mission to Frisland, 161 n., 316;
dissuaded by a revelation, 317, 318;
sends Wilbrord instead, 320;
saved from shipwreck, 319;
his good example, 205, 206;
his account of Ceadda’s death, 223, 224;
advises Egfrid against the war with the Scots, 286;
his mission to the Columban monasteries, 318, 319, 375, 376, 386;
death, on Easter Day, 205, 376, 377, 378, 386.
Egbert, King of Kent, after Earconbert, xxvii, 213, 287, 377;
consults with Oswy on Church matters, 208;
sends Wighard to Rome, 208, 213;
sends Raedfrid to meet Theodore, 215;
death, 226, 230, 384.
Egfrid, King of Northumbria, son of Oswy, xxviii, xxix, 137 n., 207, 227,
254, 260, 266 n., 302, 352 n., 353;
hostage with Queen Cynwise, 188, 189, 227 n.;
defeats Wulfhere and annexes Lindsey, 191 n., 243, 244;
his conquests, 226 n.;
defeated by Ethelred at the battle of the Trent, 267;
reconciled to Ethelred by Theodore, 267;
gives Benedict Biscop land for the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow,
xxxiv, 258;
his dispute with Wilfrid, 242, 245, 385;
marries Ethelthryth, 259;
his relations with her, 259, 260;
appoints Cuthbert Bishop of Lindisfarne, 288, 293;
at the Synod of Twyford, 292;
at the Synod of Hertford, 384;
his death foretold by Cuthbert, 189 n., 285 n.;
sends an army to ravage Ireland, 285;
his expedition against the Picts and Scots, 244 n., 285, 286;
defeated and killed at the battle of Nechtansmere, 247, 285, 286, 288,
342 n., 381 n., 385;
buried at Iona, 285 n.
Egwin, St., Bishop of Worcester, 380 n.
Egypt, 67, 361, 362, 363, 368;
churches of, 196.
Egyptians, their skill in calculation, 366.
Elafius, British Chief, his son cured of his lameness by Germanus, 39, 40.
Elbe, The river, 317 n.
Eleutherus, or Eleuther, Pope, 12, 382.
Elfled, daughter of Oswy, dedicated to religion by her father, xxxiii,
188, 189;
account of, 189 n.;
trained at Whitby, 190;
enters the Monastery of Hartlepool, 190;
joint Abbess of Whitby with her mother, Eanfled, 189 n., 190, 285 n.,
286, 306 n.;
her friendship with Trumwine, 286, 287;
death, 190;
buried at Whitby, 190.
Elford-on-Trent, 267 n.
Elfred the priest, carries Bede’s bones to Durham, xl.
Elge, _see_ Ely.
Elizabeth, Queen, “The Ecclesiastical History,” translated for her
benefit, xxi.
Ellmyn, Celtic name for the English, 317 n.
Elmet Wood, 120.
Elmham, Bishop of, _see_ Badwin, Hadulac.
Ely, Isle of, 260 n., 261, 263;
Monastery of, 260, 261, 262;
St. Audrey’s Fair at, 263 n.
Ely, Abbess of, _see_ Ermingild, Ethelthryth, Sexburg.
Emme, Emmo, or Haymo, Bishop of Sens, 215.
Ems, The, 317 n.
End of the World, 71.
English, The, come to Britain, 383;
idolatry among, 67, 70;
called Garmans, 317;
Saxons, 317 n.;
Ellmyn, 317 n.;
Church, xxiii, xxvii, xxix, 53, 65;
language, 6, 45 n.;
religious poetry, 277.
“English Historical Review, The,” editorial reference to, 32 n.
Eni, father of Anna, 172.
Ennereilly, _see_ Inver Daeile.
Eolla, Bishop of Selsey, 345.
Eormenburg, second wife of Egfrid, 242 n., 352 n.;
warned by Cuthbert of Egfrid’s death, 285 n.
“Ephesians, Epistle to the,” quoted, 110.
Ephesus, Council of, 255 n.
Epigrams, 389.
“Epistola ad Ecgbertum,” _see_ Bede.
Epternach, Wilbrord’s monastery at, 324 n.
Equinox, the Vernal, 84 n., 366, 388.
Ercinwald, Mayor of the Palace to Clovis II, 178, 215 n., 349 n.
Ermingild, daughter of Sexburg, and wife of Wulfhere, 149 n., 261 n.;
Abbess of Ely and Sheppey, 261 n.
Ermynge, or Ixning, 266 n.
Erneshow, or Herneshaw, now St. John’s Lee, Hexham, 303 n.
Ernianus, Irish priest, 129.
Esi, Abbot, 3.
Esquiline, The, Rome, 257 n.
Essex, History of, xxiv, xxvii, xxx, 3, 10 n., 89, 150 n., 182, 183, 212,
245 n., 380, 383;
diocese of, _see_ London.
Essex, King of, _see_ Offa, Sabert, Sebbi, Sigbert, Sighard, Sighere,
Suefred, Suidhelm.
Estrefeld, Council of, _see_ Ouestraefelda.
Etaples, 215.
Eternal punishment, 51, 53.
Ethelbald, King of Mercia, son of Alweo, 346 n., 380, 386;
account of, 380 n.;
ravages Northumbria, 391;
murdered, 392.
Ethelberg, daughter of Anna, Abbess of Brige, 149 n., 151, 152, 153, 232
n.
Ethelberg, or Tata, daughter of Ethelbert of Kent, wife of Edwin of
Northumbria, xxiv, 102, 103, 104, 119, 348 n.;
receives a letter and gifts from Pope Boniface, 109, 111;
her piety, 110;
after Edwin’s death, returns with her children and Paulinus into Kent,
xxv, 131, 132;
sends Wusfrea and Yffi to King Dagobert, 132.
Ethelbert, King of Kent, third Bretwalda, xxiv, 45, 83, 89, 94, 102;
his wife Bertha, 46;
converted by St. Augustine, 45, 46, 47, 90, 94;
receives a letter and gift from Gregory, 69;
builds St. Paul’s, London, and St. Andrew’s, Rochester, 89, 163;
endows the bishoprics of London, Rochester and Canterbury, 89;
receives a letter from Boniface, 93;
account of his reign, 93, 94;
his “dooms,” 94;
death, xxiv, 93, 94, 95, 384;
burial, 94;
genealogy, 95;
his second wife marries his son Eadbald, 95, 97.
Ethelbert, King of Kent, son of Wictred, 377.
Ethelburg, St., sister of Earconwald, Abbess of Barking, xxviii, 232, 233;
her miracles, 232, 233, 236, 237;
death, 235, 236, 237;
burial, 236;
her spirit appears to Tortgyth, 237;
“Life of,” xxii, 237 n.
Ethelfrid, King of Northumbria, xxiv, 112, 134;
defeats the Britons at Legacaestir, xxiv, 87, 88;
defeats the Scots at Degsastan, xxiv, 73, 74;
his genealogy and reign, 73, 74;
his persecution of Edwin, 112, 113;
killed in battle by Redwald, 115;
his wives, 147 n.;
his sons, 163.
Ethelhere, King of East Anglia, 121 n., 185 n., 260 n., 271 n.;
occasions the war between Penda and Oswy, 189;
slain at the Winwaed, 189.
Ethelhild, Abbess, 158.
Ethelhun, son of Edwin, 119.
Ethelhun, brother of Ethelwin, 204, 205.
Ethelred, King of Mercia, son of Penda, xxix, 254, 268, 332, 346, 352 n.,
353, 385;
account of, 241 n.;
defeats Egfrid at the battle of the Trent, 267;
reconciled to Egfrid by Theodore, 267;
recovers Lindsey, 207 n. 244, 267;
ravages Kent, 241, 242, 385;
his veneration for Bardney Monastery, 157;
appoints Oftfor Bishop of Worcester, 274;
reconciled to Wilfrid, 355, 356;
resigns his throne to Coinred, and becomes a monk, 355, 356;
Abbot of Bardney, 355, 356;
reconciles Coinred to Wilfrid, 356.
Ethelric, King of Northumbria, son of Ida, 73 n., 270 n.
Ethelthryth, St. (of Audrey), daughter of Anna, wife of Tondbert and of
Egfrid, xxix, 149 n., 220, 263, 269;
her history, 266;
her virginity, 259, 260, 264, 267;
her virtues, 260, 261;
her gift of prophecy, 261;
gives land for a church at Hexham, 137 n.;
obtains a divorce and retires into the Monastery of Coldingham, 260;
founds the Monastery of Ely, 260, 263;
dies of a tumour, 261, 262, 263;
her flesh preserved from corruption, 260, 262, 266;
her posthumous miracles, 262, 263;
her bones translated by Sexburg, 261, 262, 263;
Bede’s hymn in her honour, 264-267.
Ethelthryth, daughter of Edwin, baptized, 119.
Ethelwalch, King of the South Saxons, 245, 247, 251.
Ethelwald, or Oidilwald, sub-king of Deira, son of Oswald, xxvii, 185;
rebels against his uncle Oswy and supports Penda, 163, 189;
gives Cedd land for a monastery at Lastingham, 185, 186.
Ethelwald, King of East Anglia, 185.
Ethelwald, King of Northumbria after Oswulf, 393.
Ethelwald, Abbot of Melrose and Bishop of Lindisfarne, 331, 379 n., 381;
his death, 391;
his gifts to Lindisfarne, 331 n.
Ethelwald, Hermit, 301, 302.
Ethelward, of the Hwiccas, 243 n.
Ethelwin, Bishop of Lindsey, 158, 204, 243.
Ethelwulf, 143 n.
Ethilwin, Oswy’s reeve, 164.
Eucharist, The, _see_ Communion.
Eucherius, 340 n.
Eudoxius, heretic Bishop of Constantinople, 255 n., 256.
Eugenius I, Pope, 349 n.
Eulalia, St., 265.
Eumer, attempts to murder Edwin, 103, 104.
Euphemia, St., 265.
Europe, 5.
Eusebius Pamphili, Bishop of Caesarea, 369.
Eusebius, name in religion given to Huaetbert, 389 n.
Eutropius, quoted, xxii, 19.
Eutyches, founder of Eutychianism, 78 n., 254 n., 256.
Eutychius, heretic patriarch of Constantinople, 78.
Eve, 266.
Excommunication, 184.
“Excursus on Paschal Controversy,” _see_ Plummer.
“Exodus,” quoted, 361, 362.
Exorcism of Evil Spirits, 311 n.
“Ezekiel, Commentary on,” by Gregory, 79.
“Ezra,” 387, 388.
Fainéant, Roi, _see_ Clothaire III.
Famines, 26, 27, 28.
Fara, or Burgundofara, foundress of the Monastery of Brige, 151, 215 n.
Faremoûtier-en-Brie, or Farae Monasterium in Brige, _see_ Brige.
Farne, Isle of, or House Island, xxix, 168, 288, 295, 301, 302.
Faro, or Burgundofarus, Bishop of Meaux, 215.
Fasting, 145, 151, 206, 282, 307 n.
Feliskirk, Yorkshire, 121 n.
Felix, St., 388.
Felix III, Pope, 75.
Felix IV, Pope, 75.
Felix, Bishop of Dunwich, xxv, 121, 122, 193;
his school, 172;
death, 122, 178.
Felixstowe, 121 n.
Fen Country, The, 179 n.
Fergus, father of Oengus, 392 n.
Field-of-Oaks, _see_ Dearmach.
Fina, mother of Aldfrid, 287.
Finan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, after Aidan, 169, 201, 204;
baptizes Peada, 180;
ordains Diuma, 181;
baptizes Sigbert, 182;
ordains Cedd, 183;
builds a church at Lindisfarne, 192;
his controversy with Ronan on the Easter question, 193;
death, 193.
Finchale, 204 n.
Fire, future punishment by, 175.
Fire of London, 240 n.
Fish of Britain, 5.
Fiskerton, 123 n.
Flintshire, 86 n.
Florence of Worcester, editorial references to, 191 n., 218 n., 231 n.,
241 n., 244 n., 272 n., 273, 274, 301 n., 377 n., 380 n.
Foillan, _see_ Fullan.
Folcard, his Life of St. John of Beverley, editorial references to, 303
n., 305 n.
Fontaines, Monastery of, 92 n.
Forfar, 285 n., 360 n.
Forth, the, or Sea of Giudan, 23 n., 24 n., 142 n., 285 n., 286 n.
Forthere, Bishop of Sherborne after Aldhelm, 344, 345, 379 n., 380.
Forthhere, Edwin’s thegn, 104.
Fortunatus, Venantius, Bishop of Poitiers, 14, 265 n.;
his “Praise of Virgins” quoted, 15.
Fosite, the god, son of Balder, 323 n.
Fosse, monastery of, 177 n.
Fosse, Abbot of, _see_ Ultan.
France, 5.
Franks, the, 13, 22, 92 n.;
their language, 45 n.;
Church of, 51, 54, 55;
and _see_ Gaul.
Franks, King of the, _see_ Carloman, Charles Martel, Charibert,
Childebert, Chilperic, Clothaire III, Clovis, Dagobert,
Pippin, Theodebert, Theoderic.
Franks, Duke of the, _see_ Pippin of Heristal.
Freeman’s “Norman Conquest,” editorial references to, 32, 246 n.
Frigyth, Prioress of Hackness, 276.
Frisia, or Frisland, 317, 353 n.;
Wictbert’s mission to, 319;
conquered by Pippin, 320;
Wilbrord’s mission to, 320;
Wilfrid’s mission in, 351.
Frisland, Archbishop of, _see_ Wilbrord.
Frisland, King of, _see_ Aldgils.
Frisland, Bishop of, _see_ Suidbert.
Frithbert, Bishop of Hexham, 391, 393.
Frithonas, _see_ Deusdedit.
Frithwald, Bishop of Whitern, 391.
Fullan, or Foillan, brother of Fursa, 177.
Fuller, his story about Bede’s epitaph, xxxiv.
Fünen, 317 n.
Fursa, St., xxvi, 173-178.
“Fursa, Life of St.,” xxii, 173 n., 174, 178.
Gaels, _see_ Goidels.
“Galatians, Epistle to the,” quoted, 371.
“Gallican Martyrology,” editorial reference to, 322 n.
Galloway, 141 n.
Garmans, English so-called by the Britons, 317.
Gateshead-on-Tyne, or At-the-Goat’s Head, 180.
Gateshead, Abbot of, _see_ Utta.
Gaul, history of, xxxi, 5, 7, 10, 14 n., 19, 20, 22, 33, 44 n., 55, 92 n.,
96, 98, 150, 178, 214, 378, 382;
Church of, 51, 54, 55, 196;
schools of, 121 n., 172.
Gaul, Archbishop of, _see_ Annemundus, Godwin.
Gaul, Bishop of, _see_ Arculf.
Gauls, 9.
Gebmund, Bishop of Rochester, 241, 242, 316.
Genesis, quoted, 73, 110, 366, 370.
Genlade, the river, 315.
Genoa, Bishop of, _see_ Asterius.
Geraint, or Gerontius, Count, 22.
Geraint, or Gerontius, King of Dumnonia, 336 n., 344 n.
Germans, 9, 22 n.
Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre, sent to Britain to confute the Pelagians,
xxii, xxiii, 14 n., 32, 33, 34;
church dedicated to, 33 n.;
stills a tempest, 33, 34;
casts out evil spirits, 34;
converts the heretics, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41;
heals a blind girl, 35;
at St. Alban’s tomb, 35, 36;
quenches a fire, 36, 37;
healed of lameness by a vision, 36, 37;
assists the Britons in battle, 37, 38;
goes to Ravenna, 41;
Duke of Armorica, 41 n.;
returns to Britain, 39, 40;
his death, 41.
“Germanus, Life of,” _see_ Constantius.
Germany, xxiii, xxx, 5, 161, 392 n.;
English missions to, 316, 317, 319, 320.
Gerontius, _see_ Geraint.
Gertrude, St., 177 n.
Gessoriacum, _see_ Boulogne.
Geta, son of Severus, 13.
Gewissae, _see_ West Saxons.
Gidley, Rev. L., his translation of the “Ecclesiastical History,” xxi.
Gildas, historian, editorial references to, xxii, 5 n., 19 n., 25 n., 42
n.;
his “De Excidio Liber Querulus,” quoted, 42.
Giles, Dr., his translation of the “Ecclesiastical History,” v, xx, xxi.
Gilling, 165 n.
Gilling, Abbot of, _see_ Trumhere, Tunbert.
Giudan, Sea of, _i.e._, Firth of Forth, 23 n.
Giudi (probably Inchkeith), 23.
Glen, the river, 120.
Glendale, 119 n.
Gloucestershire, 84 n.
Goat’s Head, At the, _see_ Gateshead.
Gobban, one of Fursa’s priests, 177.
Godmunddingaham, or Goodmanham, 118.
Godwin, Archbishop of Lyons, 316.
Godwine, 246 n.
Goidels, or Gaels, 7 n., 24 n.
Golgotha, 339, 340 n., 341 n.
Goodmanham, _see_ Godmunddingaham.
Gordianus, father of Gregory, 75.
Gore’s “Bampton Lectures,” editorial references to, 19 n., 255 n.
Goths, The, 22, 382.
Grampians, the, 141.
Grantacaestir, or Grantchester, 261, 262.
Gratian, Emperor, 20;
slain by Maximus, 382.
Gratian, or Gratianus, tyrant in Britain, 22.
Greece, churches of, 196.
Greek, or Eastern Church, practices of the, 214, 215.
Green, J. R., his “Making of England,” editorial references to, 32 n., 84
n., 188 n.
Gregorian Music, 77 n., 133, 358.
“Gregorian Sacramentary,” _see_ “Liber Sacramentorum.”
Gregory the Great, St., Pope, xxiv, xxv, xxxviii, 2, 3, 45, 93, 122 n.,
126, 213 n., 218;
account of, 42 n., 75-83;
his genealogy, 75, 76;
his character, 75;
his pontificate, 75, 81;
sent to Constantinople, 77, 83 n.;
confutes the heresy of Eutychius, 78;
his learning and literary works, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81;
his connection with Church music, 133 n.;
his meeting with the Anglian slaves, 82;
sends Augustine on a mission to Britain to convert the English, 42, 43,
45, 49, 75, 80, 83, 131, 383;
letter recommending Augustine and Candidus to Aetherius, 44;
letters to Augustine and the English mission, 43, 64, 65, 68, 69, 290;
letter to Vergilius, 63, 64;
letter to Mellitus, 66, 67, 68;
sends the pall to Augustine, 64, 65, 383;
letter to Ethelbert, 69-72;
his gifts to Ethelbert, 69, 71;
his answers to Augustine’s questions on discipline, xxiv, 49-63, 79, 84
n., 85 n.;
private letters, 79;
sends Paulinus to Britain, 64, 383;
his weak health, 79;
death, 75, 81, 384;
burial, 81;
epitaph, 81, 82;
altar dedicated to him at SS. Peter and Paul’s, Canterbury, 90;
quoted, 333, 334;
his disciples, 348, 358;
lives of, 75 n., 83 n.;
and _see_ Dudden, Whitby.
Gregory, St., Martyr, 210.
Gregory II, Pope, 2, 314.
Gregory III, Pope, 2 n.
Guest, editorial reference to, 32 n.
Guthfrid, Abbot of Lindisfarne, 301, 302.
Guthlac, St., his Hermitage, 380 n.
Gwynedd, King of, _see_ Caedwalla, Cadvan.
Habakkuk, quoted, 368.
Habetdeus, 179 n.
Hackness, or Hacanos, Monastery of, 275, 276.
Hackness, Abbess of, _see_ Hilda.
Hackness, Prioress of, _see_ Frigyth.
Haddan and Stubbs, “Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents,” editorial
references to, 84 n., 87 n., 306 n., 315 n., 316 n., 319 n.,
343 n., 345 n., 379 n., 380 n., 391 n.
Haddenham, 220 n.
Hades, 326, 327, 329, 330.
Hadrian, Pope, 219 n.
Hadrian, Emperor, his wall, 13 n., 25, 26, 136 n., 137.
Hadrian, Abbot of Niridanum and later of St. Augustine’s Monastery,
Canterbury, xxviii, xxx, 214, 316 n., 343 n., 377;
refuses the English Archbishopric, 2, 214;
recommends Andrew, 214;
recommends Theodore, 2 n., 214;
accompanies Theodore on his journey to Britain, 2 n., 213, 214, 215;
detained by Ebroin at Quentavic, 216;
his arrival in Britain, 216, 357;
made Abbot of St. Augustine’s, 216;
his learning, 216, 217, 357;
accompanies Theodore in his pastoral visitations, 216, 217;
death, 357;
buried in St. Augustine’s, 357.
Hadulac, Bishop of Elmham, 379 n., 380.
Haedde, Bishop of Winchester after Leutherius, 148, 241;
supposed to be identical with Aetla, 272 n.;
his character, 342;
resists Bertwald’s division of the Bishopric, 343 n.;
death, 342, 343;
posthumous miracles, 343.
Haemgils, a monk, 330.
Haethfelth (Hatfield Chase, near Doncaster), Battle of, xxv, 131.
Haethfelth (Hatfield, Hertfordshire), Synod of, xxix, 254, 255, 256, 259,
385.
Hagustald, _see_ Hexham.
Hallelujah, or Allelujah, 80, 83.
Hallelujah victory of Germanus, 38, 39.
Hallington, 136 n.
Halydene, 136 n.
Hamble, or Homelea, The River, 253.
Hampshire, 253 n., 343 n.
Harold, 246 n.
Hartlepool, Heruteu, or the Island of the Hart, Monastery at, 190, 271.
Hartlepool, Abbess of, _see_ Heiu, Hilda.
“Hateful Year, The,” in Northumbria, xxv, 135.
Hatfield, _see_ Haethfelth.
Hatfield Chase, _see_ Haethfelth.
Haverfield, editorial reference to, 13 n.
Haymo, _see_ Emme.
Healaugh, Monastery of, 271 n.
Heavenly Field, the, _see_ Hefenfelth.
“Hebrews, The Epistle to the,” quoted, 79.
Hebron, 341, 342.
Hecana, _see_ Hereford.
Hedda, Bishop of Lichfield, 379 n.
Hefenfelth, or The Heavenly Field, 136, 137.
Heiu, first Northumbrian nun, 271, 275 n.;
founds the monastery of Hartlepool, 271;
retires to Calcaria, 271, 272;
her gravestone, 271 n.
Helen, 264.
Helena, mother of Constantine, 19;
legality of her marriage, 19 n.;
her Finding of the True Cross, 339, 340 n.
Heliand, The, 277 n.
Heligoland, 323 n.
Hell, 51, 327, 328, 335.
Hengist, leader of the Anglo-Saxons, 30, 45 n., 95.
Henry VIII, 275 n.
Heracleonas, or Heraclius, Emperor, son of Heraclius, 127.
Heraclius, Emperor, 127 n.
Herbert, _see_ Herebert.
Herebald, Abbot of Tynemouth, 309, 310, 311.
Herebert, St., a hermit, the friend of Cuthbert, 294, 295.
Hereford, See of, 218 n., 380 n.
Hereford, Bishop of, _see_ Putta, Tyrhtel, Torthere, Wahlstod.
Herefrid, 391.
Hereric, nephew of Edwin, and father of Hilda, 270;
poisoned by Cerdic, 274.
Heresuid, sister of Hilda, and wife of Ethelhere, 271.
Heriburg, Abbess of Watton, her daughter healed by John of Beverley’s
prayers, 305, 306, 307.
Hermit, a British, lays a trap for Augustine, 86.
Hertford, Synod of, xxviii, 226, 227, 384.
Hertfordshire, 10 n., 18 n., 255 n.
Heruteu, _see_ Hartlepool.
Herutford, _see_ Hertford.
Hewalds, The Two (Black and White), martyrs, 320, 321, 322.
Hexham, or Hagustald, xxx, 136 n., 137, 243 n., 303 n.;
diocese of, 137 n., 353 n.
Hexham, Bishop of, _see_ Acca, Eata, Frithbert, John, Tunbert, Wilfrid.
Hiddila, priest to Bernwin, 252.
Hii, _see_ Iona.
Hilarus, arch-presbyter, 129.
Hilda, St., daughter of Hereric, Abbess of Hartlepool and afterwards of
Whitby, xxix, 190, 270, 271, 272;
account of her life, 270-275;
builds the monastery of Streanaeshalch or Whitby, 190, 272;
her attitude on the Easter question, 195;
her opposition to Wilfrid, 195 n.;
her character, 272;
her pupils, 272, 273, 274;
illness and death, 270, 275, 385;
friendship for Aidan, 272.
Hildilid, pupil of Aldhelm, Abbess of Barking after Ethelburg, 237, 344 n.
“History of the Abbots,” Anonymous, _see_ Abbots;
Bede’s, _see_ Bede.
Hlothere, King of Kent after Egbert, xxviii, xxix, 230, 254, 269;
Edric’s revolt against, 287;
grants Bertwald land in Thanet, 315;
death, 285, 287, 385.
Holder, editor of the “Ecclesiastical History,” xx.
Holmhurst, 18 n.
Holy Island, _see_ Lindisfarne.
Holy Housel, 275.
Homelea, _see_ Hamble.
Honorius, Emperor, 21, 22, 26.
Honorius, Pope, xxv, 105 n., 124, 132;
sends the Pall to Paulinus, and to Archbishop Honorius, 124, 125, 126,
127;
his letters, 124-130;
sends Birinus to the West Saxons, xxvi, 147, 148.
Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury after Justus, xxv, 123, 125, 126, 132,
163, 164, 193;
ordained by Paulinus, 126;
receives the Pall from Pope Honorius, 125, 126;
sends Felix to East Anglia, 122;
a disciple of Pope Gregory, 348;
death, 178, 179.
Horsa, brother of Hengist, 30.
Horse, miraculously cured at Oswald’s death-place, 155.
Horsted, 30.
House Island, _see_ Farne.
Hreutford, _see_ Redbridge.
Hrof, 89.
Hrofaescaestrae, _see_ Rochester.
Huaetbert, Abbot of Wearmouth and Jarrow, xxxiv, xl, 389.
Huddersfield, 120 n.
Hugh de Puisac, erects a shrine at Durham, for the bones of Bede and
others, xl.
Hull, The River, 303 n.
Humber, The River, 30, 45, 82 n., 89, 94, 102, 122, 164, 320, 380.
Hunt, Dr., his “History of the English Church,” editorial references to,
vi, 84 n.
Huntingdonshire, 179 n.
Huns, The, 27, 317.
Hunwald, betrays Oswin, 164.
Hurst, W., his translation of the “Ecclesiastical History,” xxi.
Hussey, his edition of the “Ecclesiastical History,” xx, 392 n.
Hwiccas, The, 84, 243 n.;
diocese of, _see_ Worcester.
Hwiccas, King of the, _see_ Aenhere, Eanfrid.
Hwiccas, sub-king of the, 377 n.;
and _see_ Osric.
Hygbald, Abbot of Bardney, 223, 224.
Hymns, 264-267, 389.
I (Iona), 140 n.
Ibas, Bishop of Edessa, his heresy, 255 n., 256.
Ida, first King of Bernicia, 73 n., 383, 391;
account of, 383 n.;
founds Bamborough, 147 n., 383 n.
Idle, the Battle of the, 115.
Idols, destruction of, 67, 70, 151.
Ii (Iona), 140 n.
Imma, 268, 269, 270.
Immersion, Single, 87 n.
Immin, Mercian chief, 191, 192.
Importunus, Bishop of Paris, 194 n.
In Berecingum, _see_ Barking.
In Brige, _see_ Brige.
In Compendio, _see_ Compiègne.
Incuneningum, 325.
Inderauuda, _see_ John of Beverley.
Indictions, 227, 254.
Indulgences, 294 n.
Infeppingum, 181.
Ingetlingum, monastery of, 164, 165, 191.
Ingwald, Bishop of London, 379, 380, 391.
Ingyruum, 359, and _see_ Jarrow.
Inhrypum, _see_ Ripon.
Ini, or Ine, King of Wessex after Caedwalla, xxx, 314;
conquers Sussex, 251;
his “Dooms,” 231 n., 251 n.;
Aldhelm’s influence with, 343 n.;
his abdication and pilgrimage to Rome, 314, 345 n.
Inisboufinde, _see_ Innisboffin.
Inishmahee, Bishop of, _see_ Cronan.
Inlade, the river, 315.
Inlitore, now Kaiserwerth, Monastery at, 324.
Innisboffin, Inisboufinde, or The Island of the White Heifer, 225, 226.
Intiningaham, _see_ Tininghame.
Inundalum, _see_ Oundle.
Inver Daeile, or Ennereilly, Bishop of, _see_ Dagan.
Inverness, 140 n.
Iona, Hii, I or Ii, the island of, included in Ireland, xxv, xxvi, 92 n.,
191 n., 201, 225;
given to Columba by Bridius or by Conall, xxvi, 142;
its monastery founded by Columba, xxvi, 142, 383;
its constitution and jurisdiction, xxvi, 139 n., 140, 142, 169, 181, 183
n., 318;
its monks converted to Catholic usages, xxvi, xxxi, xxxix, 337, 373,
374, 375, 376, 377;
piety of its Abbots, 143;
derivation of the name, 140 n.
Iona, Abbot of, _see_ Adamnan, Columba, Segeni.
Ireland, History of, xxix, 5, 7, 8, 9, 91, 92, 94, 161, 177, 191 n., 204,
285, 306 n., 337, 373, 383;
description of, 7, 8, 9;
its hospitality to the English monks, 204.
Irish, or Scots, Bishop of the, _see_ Palladius.
Irish Annals, editorial reference to, 337 n.
Irish Church, xxiii, xxv, xxx, xxxix, 87 n., 138, 139, 142 n., 143, 144,
193-201, 336, 374-377.
Irminric, father of Ethelbert, King of Kent, 95.
Isaac, 387;
his tomb, 341.
Isaiah, quoted, 186, 209.
Ishmael, 378 n.
Isle of Wight, _see_ Wight.
Israel, 67, 341 n.
Itala, the, 366, 368.
Italian Sea, the, 132.
Italy, 6, 20, 79, 92 n., 93, 196.
Itchen, the river, 252 n.
Ithamar, Bishop of Rochester, 164, 178 n., 179.
Iudeu, 23 n., 189 n.
Ixning, _see_ Ermynge.
Jacobsburgh, _see_ Akeburgh.
Jacob’s Tomb, 341 n.
James, St., quoted, 197, 372.
James the Less, St., 215 n.
James the Deacon, companion of Paulinus, xxv, 123;
left at York when Paulinus flees into Kent, 132;
a village named after him, 132;
teaches Church music, 132, 133, 217;
observes the Catholic Easter, 193, 195;
at Whitby, 195;
death, 133.
Jarrow, _see_ Wearmouth and Jarrow.
Jarrow, Abbot of, _see_ Benedict Biscop, Ceolfrid, Huaetbert.
Jaruman, Bishop of Mercia, xxviii, 192, 206 n., 351 n.;
his mission to the East Saxons, 212, 245 n.;
death, 218.
Jerome, 21 n., 387.
Jerusalem, 337, 339, 340, 341.
Jet, 6.
Jezebel, 349 n.
Job, quoted, 80, 370;
his tonsure, 370;
“Commentary on,” _see_ Gregory.
John the Baptist, St., his martyrdom, 53.
John the Deacon, author of “Life of Gregory,” 75 n., 81 n., 83 n.
John the Evangelist, St., xlii, 304;
his celebration of Easter, 196, 197, 198;
quoted, 335, 363.
John IV, Pope, consecrated, 128 n.;
his letter to the Scots, 128, 129, 130, 144 n.
John VI, Pope, Wilfrid’s cause tried before, 353.
John, Archbishop of Arles, 215.
John, Chief of the Papal notaries, 129.
John of Beverley, Bishop of Hexham after Eata, xxix, 302, 353 n.;
a pupil of Hilda, 273;
of Theodore, 305 n.;
appointed Bishop of York, 305, 356 n.;
ordains Bede, xxxiii, 386;
his miracles, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311;
at Erneshow, 303, 304;
at Watton, 305, 306;
consecrates churches, 307, 308;
resigns the bishopric of York and retires to Beverley, 312;
ordains his successor, Wilfrid II, Bishop of York, 312;
death, 311, 312;
buried at St. Peter’s, Beverley, 311, 312.
John, a martyr, 210.
John, the precentor, brought into Britain to teach Church music, 258;
Abbot of St. Martin’s Monastery, 257;
at the Synod of Haethfelth, 257, 258, 259, 385;
dies on his way back to Rome, 259;
buried at Tours, 259.
Jonah, quoted, 319.
Joseph, 341 n., 370.
Julianus of Campania, heretic Bishop of Eclanum, 21.
Julius, British martyr, 18.
Julius Caesar, _see_ Caesar.
Justin II, Emperor, 140.
Justinian I, Emperor, 140, 203 n., 256.
Justinian II, Emperor, 314.
Justus, Bishop of Rochester, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, xxiv,
89, 92, 100;
sent by Gregory to Augustine, 64;
takes refuge in Gaul, xxiv, 96, 97;
ordains Romanus Bishop of Rochester, 100;
ordains Paulinus, 103, 384;
sends Romanus on a mission to Pope Honorius, 132;
death, 123, 125.
Jutes, the, 30, 31, 245 n., 252.
Jutland, 30, 317 n.
Kaelcacaestir, _see_ Calcaria.
Kaiserswerth, 324 n.
Katwyk, 320 n.
Kent, history, xxii, xxix, 2, 5 n., 30, 89, 93, 94, 96, 102 n., 127 n.,
130, 152, 166, 172, 179, 217, 241, 242, 245, 261, 269, 273,
316 n., 385;
language of, 45 n.;
settlement of Christianity in, xxii, xxiv, xxix, 95, 193, 290;
diocese of, 323, 379 n., 380;
and _see_ Canterbury and Rochester.
Kent, king of, _see_ Alric, Eadbert, Earconbert, Egbert, Ethelbert,
Hlothere, Irminric, Mul, Octa, Oeric, Suaebhard, Wictred.
Kerslake, T., his “Vestiges of the Supremacy of Mercia,” editorial
reference to, 255 n.
Kyle, Plain of, conquered by Eadbert, 392.
Labienus, the Tribune, slain in battle with the Britons, 10.
Laestingaeu, _see_ Lastingham.
Lagny-on-the-Marne, or Latineacum, 178.
Laistranus, Irish priest, 129.
Lammermuir Hills, 288 n.
Lancashire, 204 n.
Lanfranc, Archbishop, rebuilds Canterbury Cathedral, 72 n.
Langres, 257 n.
Laodicea, Bishop of, _see_ Anatolius.
Lastingham, or Laestingaeu, Monastery of, xxvii, xxxv, 3, 185, 186, 187,
207, 218, 220, 351.
Lastingham, Abbot of, _see_ Ceadda, Cedd.
Lateran Councils, 256 n., 352.
Latin Language, 6;
poetry, 264 n.
Latineacum, _see_ Lagny.
Laurentius, St., Deacon and Martyr, 210.
Laurentius, second Archbishop of Canterbury, xxiv, 49, 64 n., 91, 92, 93,
96;
sent by Augustine to Gregory, 49;
consecrates the Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Canterbury, 90;
his letters to the Scots and Britons, 91, 92;
rebuked and scourged by St. Peter in a dream, 97;
converts King Eadbald, 97;
death and burial, 98.
Leah’s Tomb, 341 n., 342.
Leeds, or Loidis, 120, 189 n.
Leeds, or Loidis and Elmet, King of, _see_ Cerdic.
Legacaestir, _see_ Chester.
Legions, City of, _see_ Chester and Caerleon-on-Usk.
Leicester, Diocese of, 148 n., 379 n.
Leicester, Bishop of, 274 n.
Leicestershire, 179 n.
Leinster, 92 n., 141 n., 142 n.
Lent, 38, 151, 186, 206.
Leptis in Tripolis, 12.
Lérins, 33.
Leutherius, or Hlothere, Bishop of Wessex, nephew of Agilbert, 147, 150,
151;
consecrated by Theodore, 151;
at the Hertford Synod, 228;
ordains Aldhelm, 343 n.;
death, 241.
Leviticus, quoted 279, 364.
“Liber Sacramentorum,” or Gregorian Sacramentary, attributed to Gregory,
81 n.
“Liber Eliensis,” editorial reference to, 266 n.
Lichfield, Diocese of, xxviii, 219 n.;
Cathedral, 224 n.
Lichfield, Bishop of, _see_ Aldwin, Ceadda, Hedda, Sexwulf, Wynfrid.
Liddesdale, 73 n.
Liège, 177 n.
Light, Supernatural, 157, 232, 233, 234, 322.
Lilla, gives his life for Edwin’s, 104.
Lincoln, 122, 123, 126.
Lincolnshire, 122 n., 123 n., 157, 179 n., 219 n.
Lindisfari, 245 n.
Lindisfarne, or Holy Island, Monastery of, xxv, xxxvi, 1 n., 4, 139, 169,
186, 202, 203, 225, 290, 347;
Church of, xxiii, 4, 183, 192, 295, 302;
diocese of, xxv, 243 n., 325 n., 351 n., 353.
Lindisfarne, Abbot of, _see_ Aidan, Guthfrid.
Lindisfarne, Bishop of, _see_ Aidan, Colman, Conwulf, Cuthbert, Eadbert,
Eadfrid, Eata, Ethelwald, Finan, Tuda.
Lindsey, history, xxv, 3, 4, 157, 191, 207 n., 243 n., 244, 267 n., 353
n.;
diocese of, 225, 243 n., 380 n.
Lindsey, Bishop of, _see_ Alwic, Ceadda, Cynibert, Diuma, Eadhaed, Edgar,
Ethelwin.
Linlithgow, 32, 189 n.
Littleborough, 123 n.
Liudhard, Bishop, Chaplain to Bertha, 46, 51 n.
Loidis, _see_ Leeds.
Lombards, 148 n.;
King of the, _see_ Perctarit.
London, metropolis of the East Saxons, 89, 241;
diocese of, 49 n., 65, 183 n.
London, Bishop of, _see_ Earconwald, Ingwald, Mellitus, Waldhere, Wini.
Looking-glass, sent by Pope Boniface to Queen Ethelberg, 111.
Lord’s Day, the, 197.
Lothians, the, 189 n.
Louth, County, 204 n.
Lucius, King of Britain, his conversion, xxiii, 12, 149 n., 382.
Lucius Bibulus, Consul, 9.
Lucius Verus, Emperor, _see_ Aurelius.
Lugubalia, _see_ Carlisle.
Luke, St., quoted, 78.
Lul, Archbishop of Mainz, 392 n.
Lupus, Bishop of Troyes, 40;
sent to Britain to confute the Pelagians, xxiii, 32, 33, 34;
churches dedicated to, 33;
casts out evil spirits, 34.
Luxeuil, Monastery of, 92 n.
Lyccidfelth, _see_ Lichfield.
Lyons, 194, 316 n.
Lyons, Archbishop of, _see_ Aetherius, Annemundus, Godwin.
Lyons, Count of, _see_ Dalfinus.
Maas, the, 317 n.
Maban, or Mafa, a teacher of Church music, 358.
Macedonia, 6.
Macedonius, Heretic Bishop of Constantinople, 255 n., 256.
Maelduib, _see_ Maildufus.
Maeldum, _see_ Meaux.
Maelmin, Northumbria, 120.
Maestricht, 177 n.
Maes-y-Garmon, or Field of Germanus, said to be the scene of the
Hallelujah Victory, 38 n.
Mafa, _see_ Maban.
Mageo, _see_ Mayo.
Maildufus, or Maelduib founds the Monastery of Malmesbury, 343 n., 344.
Mailros, _see_ Melrose.
Maintz, Bishop of, _see_ Boniface, Redger, Lul.
“Making of England, The,” _see_ Green.
Malachi, quoted, 367.
Malmesbury, or City of Maildufus, 343, 344;
perhaps Augustine’s Ác, 84 n.
Malmesbury, Abbot of, _see_ Aldhelm.
Malmesbury, William of, _see_ William.
Mamre, Hill of, 342.
Man, Isle of, 94, 102;
and _see_ Mevanian Islands.
Mandubracius, _see_ Androgius.
Marcellinus, his “Life of Suidbert,” 323 n.
Marcian, Emperor, 29, 41, 383.
Marcus, Emperor in Britain, 22 n.
Marcus Antoninus Verus, or Marcus Aurelius, Emperor, 12.
Marigena, _see_ Pelagius.
Mark, St., quoted, 110;
his observance of Easter, 364.
Market Weighton, 118.
Maro (Vergil), 264.
Marriage, of the lower clergy, 50;
lawful and unlawful, 52, 53, 95, 97, 184;
customs of, 54;
rules and discipline of, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 230.
Marseilles, 215.
Martial, editorial reference to, 264 n.
Martin, St., Bishop of Tours, 48, 141, 257 n., 259 n.
Martin, Pope, 256, 258.
Martyrium Church at Jerusalem, 339, 340.
“Martyrology,” Bede’s, _see_ Bede.
Martyrs, Church of the Four Crowned, Canterbury, 99.
Mary, the Virgin, 264, 266, 355;
churches of, 224, 339.
Maserfelth, Battle of, xxvi, 154, 155.
Masses, 51, 81, 96, 268, 269, 270;
and _see_ Communion.
Mason, Dr., his “Mission of St. Augustine,” editorial references to, vi,
45 n.
Matthew, St., quoted, 100, 101, 110, 126, 127, 173, 200, 211, 371, 393.
Matthew of Westminster, editorial reference to, 345 n.
Maurice, or Mauritius, Emperor, 42, 43, 44, 64, 66, 68, 71, 72, 81.
Maximian, surnamed Herculius, Emperor, 13, 14.
Maximus, Emperor in Britain, 20, 382.
Mayo, Mageo or Muigeo, 225 n., 226.
Mayor and Lumby’s edition of Books III and IV of the “Ecclesiastical
History,” editorial references to, vi, xx, xxxv n., 220 n.,
261 n.
Mayor of the Palace, _see_ Ebroin, Ercinwald.
Meanware, 245.
Meaux, or Maeldum, 355.
Meaux, Bishop of, _see_ Faro.
Medeshamstead, _see_ Peterborough.
Medeshamstead, Abbot of, _see_ Cuthbald.
Meilochon, father of Bridius, King of the Picts, 142.
Meldi, the, 215.
Melfont, or Mellifont, 204 n.
Mellitus, Bishop of London and afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, sent
by Gregory to Augustine, xxiv, 64, 66, 89, 92, 231 n., 383;
account of, 64 n.;
goes to Rome, 92, 93;
expelled by the East Saxons, takes refuge with Justus in Gaul, 96, 97,
182;
returns from Gaul, 98;
succeeds Laurentius as Archbishop of Canterbury, 98, 99;
suffers from gout, 98;
death and burial, 99, 100;
his character, 98, 99.
Melrose, or Mailros, Monastery of, 194 n., 202, 288, 290, 318, 326.
Melrose, Abbot of, _see_ Eata, Ethelwald;
Provost of, _see_ Boisil.
Menapia, Belgium, 13 n.
Meon, East and West, 245 n.
Meonstoke, 245 n.
Mercia, history of, xxvii, xxix, xxx, 3, 45, 115, 122 n., 163, 172, 179
n., 226 n., 323, 352 n., 353 n., 379, 380 n., 385;
its conversion, xxvii, xxviii, 177, 190, 384;
diocese of, 148 n., 218 n., 219 n., 243 n., 244 n., 272 n., 273 n., 379
n., 380.
Mercia, King of, _see_ Beornred, Cearl, Ceolred, Coenred, Ethelbald,
Ethelred, Offa, Penda, Wulfhere.
Mercia, Bishop of, _see_ Aldwin, Ceadda, Jaruman, Sexwulf, Wilfrid,
Wynfrid;
_and see_ Mid-Anglia.
Mercians, 30.
Merivale, editorial reference to, 18 n.
Metals of Britain, 6.
Metrical Art, the, 217.
Mevanian Islands (Man and Anglesea), conquered by Edwin, 94, 102.
Michael, the Archangel, appears to Wilfrid in a dream, 355.
Mid-Anglia, conversion of, xxvi, xxvii, 30, 179, 181, 384.
Mid-Anglia and Mercia, Bishop of, _see_ Diuma, Ceollach, Trumhere.
Middlesex, 10 n.
Milan, 132 n.
Milan, Archbishop of, _see_ Asterius.
Millfield (perhaps Maelmin), 120 n.
Miracles, xxix, xxxix, 232, 233, 237, 238, 268, 269, 270, 325;
of Aidan, 167;
of Augustine, 81, 83;
of Cedd, 187;
of Cuthbert, 291, 292, 297, 300;
of Earcongota, 152, 153;
of Earconwald, 232;
of Ethelthryth, 262, 263;
of Ethelwald, 301, 302;
of Haedde, 343;
of the Hewalds, 322;
of John of Beverley, 302-311;
of Oswald, xxvi, 136, 137, 138, 154-160, 162, 163, 248, 249, 250;
of Paulinus, 122;
of Sebbi, 240.
Miracles, Gregory on, 68, 69.
“Mission of St. Augustine,” _see_ Mason.
Moberly, his edition of the “Ecclesiastical History,” xx.
Moinenn, name for Ninias, 141 n.
Moll, King of Northumbria, 393.
Monasteries, in England, xxvi, 151;
in Gaul, xxvi, 151;
double or mixed, 151 n., 177 n., 190, 233, 260 n., 273, 283, 284;
rules for, 229;
constitution of, 142 n.;
hereditary succession in, 306 n.
“Monasticon,” _see_ Dugdale.
Monk, an ungodly, his wicked life and miserable death, 334, 335;
his visions of hell, 335.
Monophysite Heresy, the, 254 n.
Monothelitism, xxix, 214 n., 254 n., 258, 352.
“Monumenta Historica Britannica,” xx.
Moore, Bishop, his MS. of the “Ecclesiastical History,” xix, xx.
Moray Frith, 360 n.
Mopsuestia, Bishop of, _see_ Theodore.
Morgan, _see_ Pelagius.
Morini, The, 5, 9.
Mosaic Law, 196, 198, 361.
Mount of Olives, 340, 341.
Mount Sion, 340.
Muigeo, _see_ Mayo.
Mul, usurper in Kent, 287 n.
Music, Church, 133, 217, 218, 258, 265 n., 358, 386;
supernatural, 221.
Naiton, or Nechtan mac Derili, King of the Picts, xxx, xxxi;
adopts Catholic usages, 359, 360, 374;
asks Ceolfrid for advice and builders, 359;
builds a stone church, 359;
expels the Columban clergy, 359 n.;
receives Ceolfrid’s letter, 374.
Namur MS. of the “Ecclesiastical History,” xix.
Naples, 214.
Nativity of our Lord, _see_ Christmas.
Nechtan mac Derili, _see_ Naiton.
Nechtansmere, or Dunnechtan, battle of, 285.
Nendrum, or Inishmahee, Bishop of, _see_ Cromanus.
Nennius, editorial references to, 23 n., 147 n., 188 n., 189 n., 391 n.
Nero, Emperor, 11, 14.
Nestorius, Bishop of Constantinople, his heresy, 255 n., 256.
Neustria, King of, _see_ Chilperic, Clothaire III, Clovis II.
Neustrians defeated by Pippin, 320 n.
Newark, 123 n.
Newcastle, 180 n.
Nicaea, Council of, 19, 128, 198, 227 n., 255, 369 n.
Nicene Creed, 256 n.
Nidd, Synod of the, 356, 385 n.
Ninian, Ninias or Moinenn, Bishop of Whitern, 48 n., 141;
his mission to the Southern Picts, 141.
Niridanum, monastery of, 214.
Nisan, the month, 84 n., 365 n.
Nivelles, monastery of, 177 n.
Nola, Campania, 388 n.
Nola, Bishop of, _see_ Paulinus.
Norfolk, Bishopric of, 231 n.
“Norman Conquest, The,” _see_ Freeman.
Northamptonshire, 179 n., 180, 268 n., 346 n.
North Burton, 308.
North Pole, the, 6.
Northumberland, 4 n., 292 n.