Event: BaptismGuthrum 1.baptism at Aller
Scholarly Info
Description |
[Guthrum 1] accepted the water of baptism. |
Year |
878 |
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Primary Source Info
Original Text |
... suscipit baptismatis fontem ... |
Date from Source |
<878>: after the battle of Edington |
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Notes:
*Guthrum 1 is not mentioned by name in this passage.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Recipient:
Guthrum 1
(from Denmark, King of the East Angles, the micel here, d.890. Baptismal name Æþelstan.)
- Witness:
Alfred 8
(the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxons, 871-899) : Alfred 8 as a witness received [Guthrum 1] from the font on the marshy island of Aller.
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