Event: Pallium-despatch/receipt/request, RequestHadrian 3.sending the pallium to bishop of Mercians
Scholarly Info
Description |
Hadrian 3, at the request of Offa 7, sent the pallium tot he bishop of the Mercians. |
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Primary Source Info
Original Text |
Mertiorum presulem pallio extulit |
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Notes:
*Cenwulf 3 points out that nobody before had ever presumed to do such a thing
Persons associated with this Event:
- Agent:
Hadrian 3
(I, pope, 772-795)
- Participant:
Offa 7
(King of the Mercians, 757-796) : Offa 7 requested the pallium for the bishop of the Mercians, onaccount of his hostility with Jæanberht 1, archbishop of Canterbury, and the Kentish nation.