• evidence concerning the life of Nennius, he has become the subject of legend himself. Welsh traditions include Nennius with Elbodug and others said to...
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  • own troops and Nennius faced Caesar in single combat. Caesar struck Nennius a blow to the head, but his sword got stuck in Nennius's shield. After they...
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  • attributing authorship to Nennius have since been disputed by subsequent scholars. Repudiating the so-called vindication of Nennius in 1890 by the Celtic...
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  • Nennius was a Welsh monk of the 9th century traditionally considered to be author of the Historia Brittonum. Nennius may also refer to: Nennius of Britain...
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    Ecclesiastical History of the English People and Nennius' Historia Brittonum. According to Nennius, the Bernician royal line begins with Ida, son of...
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  • Historia Brittonum (The History of the Britons), attributed to the Welsh monk Nennius, in which the soldier (Latin mīles) Arthur is identified as the leader...
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    anonymous 9th-century historical compilation to which commentary was added by Nennius, but is best known from the account given by the 12th-century chronicler...
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  • known source of the story of Brutus of Troy. Traditionally attributed to Nennius, its actual compiler is unknown; it exists in several recensions. This...
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  • The Trojan genealogy of Nennius was written in the Historia Brittonum of Nennius and was created to merge Greek mythology with Christian themes. As a description...
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    Ninnidh (redirect from Saint Nennius)
    Ninnidh the Pious, Irish: Ninnidh leth derc, meaning one-eyed Ninnidh, Nennius, Nennidhius, Ninnaid) was a 6th-century Irish Christian saint. St. Ninnidh...
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    -chester. The eighth century Welsh monastic author of the Historia Brittonum, Nennius, recorded 28 civitates, which together make up a large proportion of the...
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    Vortigern, has the king served by magicians. This detail derives from Nennius, though Nennius was talking about Vortigern's "wise men". They may not have been...
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    into the sea. According to the Irish version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius, the Fomorians are referred to as mariners who were forced into a tower...
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    traditionally ascribed to Nennius, either as Cair Segeint or Cair Custoeint. Bishop Ussher cites another passage in Nennius: "Here, says Nennius, Constantius the...
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    ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, the 9th-century Historia Brittonum ascribed to Nennius, the 10th-century Annales Cambriae, medieval Welsh genealogies (such as...
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    Mempricius Merianus Merlin Millus Mordred Morgause Morvidus Myrddin Wyllt Nennius of Britain Octa of Kent Oenus Oswald of Northumbria Oswiu of Northumbria...
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    Nennius, a monk from Bangor, Gwynedd, and was probably compiled during the early 9th century. The writer mentions a great number of sources. Nennius wrote...
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    Phillimore & Co, Chichester (includes full text of The Annales Cambriae & Nennius) Phillimore, Egerton (1888), "The Annales Cambriae and Old Welsh Genealogies...
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    September 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) Historia Brittonum by Nennius (translated by J. A. Giles) "Wales history: Why is the red dragon on the...
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    is visiting Bath. List of legendary rulers of Cornwall Pseudohistorical Nennius King of the Britons a. ^ Pronunciation: As a mythological figure, there...
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    IV:XXVI; Annals of Ulster U686.1; Annals of Tigernach T686.4; Nennius, Historia Brittonum 57 Nennius, Historia Brittonum, 57. Woolf (2006) This was originally...
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    appeared in the 9th-century History of the Britons traditionally credited to Nennius: The account relates that a mission from the pope baptised "Lucius, the...
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    compilation attributed in some late manuscripts to a Welsh cleric called Nennius, contains the first datable mention of King Arthur, listing twelve battles...
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    Mempricius Merianus Merlin Millus Mordred Morgause Morvidus Myrddin Wyllt Nennius of Britain Octa of Kent Oenus Oswald of Northumbria Oswiu of Northumbria...
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    Archived 21 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 2010. Nennius (attrib.). Theodor Mommsen (ed.). Historia Brittonum, VI. Composed after...
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    ISBN 0-52104-602-5. On the invalidity of attributing the text to 'Nennius', see Dumville, David (1990). "'Nennius' and the Historia Brittonum". Histories and pseudo-histories...
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    fighting, Cassibelanus's brother Nennius encounters Caesar and sustains a severe head wound. Caesar's sword gets stuck in Nennius's shield, and when the two are...
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    partly based on the work of earlier medieval historians like Gildas, Nennius and Bede, partly from Welsh genealogies and saints' lives, partly from...
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    BC; FFE 1317–1287 BC In the Irish version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius, the chief men of science of the Tuatha Dé Danann are listed with their...
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  • the Historia Britonum Ascribed to Nennius. Irish Manuscripts Commission, Volume 5. Dublin: Stationery Office. Nennius — a Welsh monk of the 9th century...
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