Event: Pastoral activities/preachingBirinus 1.preaching of Gospel to West Angles [= West Saxons] (Anonymi 2429)
Scholarly Info
Description |
Birinus 1 came to the West Angles [= West Saxons] (Anonymi 2429), preaching to them the Gospel of Christ. |
Year |
634 |
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Primary Source Info
Original Text |
... praedicans eis euangelium Christi ... |
Date from Source |
<634>: six years after the battle at Cirencester; approximately 120 years had passed since the arrival [of the West Saxons] in Britain from Germany |
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Notes:
*@Campbell 1962, p. 19 n. 2, comments: '140 would be more correct, if the arrival of the West Saxons is referred to (494, A495).'
Persons associated with this Event:
- Agent:
Birinus 1
(Roman bishop, later bishop of the West Saxons, 634-c.650)
- Recipient:
Anonymi 2429
(West Angles [= West Saxons] to whom Birinus 1 preached in 611)