• Saint Ceolwulf was King of Northumbria from 729 until 737, except for a short period in 731 or 732 when he was briefly deposed and then restored to power...
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  • Ceolwulf of Northumbria (Saint Ceolwulf), King of Northumbria Ceolwulf of Wessex, King of Wessex Ceolulfus, Bishop of Lindsey, also known as Ceolwulf This disambiguation...
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    Bede (redirect from Bede of Jarrow)
    of York and King Ceolwulf of Northumbria. His theological writings were extensive and included a number of Biblical commentaries and other works of exegetical...
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  • George. "Ceolwulf." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 18 May 2013 Higham, N.J., The Kingdom of Northumbria AD 350-1100...
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    the consumption of horseflesh by his Christian converts. Ecgbert is appointed bishop of York, by his cousin Ceolwulf of Northumbria. He founds a library...
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    Pope Gregory III (category Popes of the Byzantine Papacy)
    approved of the election of his successor, Nothhelm, while in 735 he agreed to the request of King Ceolwulf of Northumbria that Bishop Egbert of York should...
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  • but the city is immediately recaptured by Eudes of Aquitaine. Autumn – King Ceolwulf of Northumbria is deposed by opponents, and forced to enter a monastery...
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  • king of Northumbria from the death of Coenred in 718 until his death on 9 May 729. Symeon of Durham calls him a son of Aldfrith of Northumbria, which...
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    is regarded as the patron saint of boundaries, and by extension, of trade and travel, as well as various aspects of farming. His feast day is celebrated...
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    subsequently remarried for political reasons in 660, this time to Ecgfrith of Northumbria, who was fourteen or fifteen at the time. Shortly after his accession...
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    The first record of the village dates from 737AD when King Ceolwulf of Northumbria gave the church and village to the Abbot and monks of Lindisfarne. In...
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    Northumbria, a kingdom of Angles, in what is now northern England and south-east Scotland, was initially divided into two kingdoms: Bernicia and Deira...
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    of Strathclyde formed the diocese of Lindisfarne. In 737, Ceolwulf of Northumbria abdicated as King of Northumbria and entered the abbey at Lindisfarne...
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    left to the English king Ceolwulf, allegedly a Danish puppet. When Ceolwulf's rule came to an end he was succeeded as ruler of "English Mercia" not by...
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    granddaughters of King Æthelberht and Queen Bertha, and all abbesses at various convents, were revered as saints. Ceolwulf of Northumbria abdicated his...
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    of Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia, and nearly conquered Wessex, but in that year the West Saxons achieved a decisive victory at the Battle of Edington...
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    dedicates it to Ceolwulf, king of Northumbria. The preface mentions that Ceolwulf received an earlier draft of the book; presumably, Ceolwulf knew enough...
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    overlordship of Æthelberht of Kent. In 616, as a result of fighting the Battle of the River Idle and defeating Æthelfrith of Northumbria, he was able...
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    but the city is immediately recaptured by Eudes of Aquitaine. Autumn – King Ceolwulf of Northumbria is deposed by opponents, and forced to enter a monastery...
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    literal meaning of 'grey dog'. It appears that Cynegils became king on the death of King Ceolwulf c. 611. His relationship with Ceolwulf is uncertain. Cynegils...
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    who became queen of Kent. She enabled the 597 Gregorian mission, led by Augustine, which resulted in the conversion to Christianity of Anglo-Saxon England...
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  • Anglo-Saxon England and the abbot of Saint Peter's and Saint Paul's in Canterbury. He was a noted teacher and commentator of the Bible. Adrian was born between...
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  • Pribina, Prince of Nitra 839–861, expelled by Rastislav. Eadwulf I of Northumbria, 704-705, deposed and exiled Ceolwulf of Northumbria, 729–737, being...
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  • of Coldingham, daughter of Æthelfrith, king of Bernicia Ælfflæd of Whitby, daughter of Oswiu, king of Northumbria Ælfthryth of Crowland, daughter of Offa...
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    After Burgred left, the Vikings appointed a Mercian Ceolwulf to replace him, demanding oaths of loyalty to them. Burgred retired to Rome and died there...
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    orders a palisade rampart built on the frontier of Saxony. King Ceolwulf of Northumbria abdicates in favour of his cousin, Eadberht, and becomes a monk at...
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    of Deira; it was taken over in 655 by its northern neighbour Bernicia to form the kingdom of Northumbria. The Anglo-Saxon king Edwin of Northumbria was...
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    favour of his son Oswulf and became a monk at York. Eadberht became ruler of Northumbria following the second abdication of his cousin Ceolwulf, who entered...
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    was named to the see of York around 732 (other sources date the appointment to 734) by his cousin Ceolwulf, the king of Northumbria. Pope Gregory III gave...
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    at its height included London, all of East Anglia and most of the North of England. The final Mercian king, Ceolwulf II, died in 879 with the kingdom appearing...
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