Event: Conversion, Journey, Mission/mission-sendingSwithberht 1.mission to the Bructeri
Scholarly Info
Description |
Swithberht 1 left to go to the nation of the Bructeri and led many of them into the way of truth. |
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Primary Source Info
Original Text |
multos ... ad uiam ueritatis perduxit |
Date from Source |
After Swithberht 1 had received the rank of bishop and returned from Britain |
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Notes:
*But soon afterwards the Bructeri were defeated by the Old Saxons.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Agent:
Swithberht 1
(Missionary to and bishop in Frisia, 692/3-c.713) : Then he went to Pippin 1 who gave him a dwelling-place on an island in the Rhine.
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