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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Historia Brittonum (redirect from Pseudo-Nennius)
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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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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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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Ambrosius Aurelianus (section According to Nennius)
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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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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Battle of Badon (section Nennius and the Welsh Annals)
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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ISBN 9780708319536. John Morris, Nennius: British History and the Welsh Annals (Phillimore, London & Chichester 1980), pp. 3–5. J. Morris, Nennius: British History and...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Britons at Badon Hill against the Saxons, which was attributed to Arthur by Nennius. Having lost much of what is now the West Midlands to Mercia in the 6th...
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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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20 of Stevenson's 1838 edition of Nennius's works. Bishop Ussher cites another passage in Nennius: "Here, says Nennius, Constantius the Emperor (the father...
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Historia Brittonum, a 9th-century British Latin compilation attributed to Nennius. It says that Ireland was settled three times by three different groups...
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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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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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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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Britain. Similarly, the History of the Britons traditionally ascribed to Nennius claims the inscribed tomb of "Constantius the Emperor" was still present...
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British king Heli, son of Digueillus and father of Lud, Cassivellaunus and Nennius. He is said to have held the throne for 40 years, after which he was succeeded...
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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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Street". Morant says that Vortimer died in 475, but does not mention poison. Nennius, (Traditional attribution) (1848) [Composed after AD 830]. Gunn, W.; Giles...
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the kings, calling her an "unclean lioness". In the Historia Brittonum, Nennius says that "the great king Mailcun reigned among the Britons, i.e., in Gwynedd"...
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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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