Event: Baptism
Birinus 1
.baptism of
Cynegils 1
Asserted in:
Ęthelweard.Chron
ii.6
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Scholarly Info
Description
Cynegils 1
received baptism from
Birinus 1
at Dorchester.
Year
635
Primary Source Info
Original Text
... suscepit ... baptismum ...
Date from Source
<635>: at that time when
Birinus 1
came to the West Angles [= West Saxons] (
Anonymi 2429
), six years after the battle at Cirencester
Persons associated with this Event:
Recipient
:
Cynegils 1
(
King of the West Saxons, 611-?642
)
Agent
:
Birinus 1
(
Roman bishop, later bishop of the West Saxons, 634-c.650
)
Locations associated with this Event:
Dorchester, town: (
Oppidum
), now
Dorchester, Oxfordshire