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    Sæberht, Saberht or Sæbert (d. c. 616) was an Anglo-Saxon King of Essex (r. c. 604 – c. 616), in succession of his father King Sledd. He is known as the...
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  • and is thought that it contained the remains of Sæxa, brother of Sæberht of Essex. In May 2019, some of the excavated artefacts went on permanent display...
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    and not Sæberht, who built and endowed St. Paul's in London, where St. Paul's Cathedral now stands. Bede describes Æthelberht as Sæberht's overlord....
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    buried there were Sæberht of Essex and his wife Æthelgoda. Emma Mason speculates that Cnut had built a royal residence in the vicinity of the Abbey, or that...
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  • papal letters to some of the missionaries. Mellitus was exiled from London by the pagan successors to his patron, King Sæberht of Essex, following the latter's...
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  • helped in the conversion of King Sæberht of Essex, his nephew, to Christianity. It was Æthelberht, and not Sæberht, who built and endowed St. Pauls in...
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    his stepmother Emma, in accordance with pre-Christian custom. King Sæberht of Essex dies after a 12-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Sexred. He...
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    In 604, Sæberht of Essex was converted to Christianity and London received Mellitus, its first post-Roman Bishop of London. At this time Essex owed allegiance...
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    somewhat obscure. One legend claims that it was founded by the Saxon king Sæberht of Essex, and another claims that its founder was the fictional 2nd-century...
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    missionary school. Through the influence of Æthelberht, his nephew Sæberht of Essex also converted, as did Rædwald of East Anglia, although Rædwald also retained...
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    Prittlewell (category Populated places in Essex)
    Museum of London. A fuller description of the excavation and the artefacts of the burial chamber, originally thought to be of Sæberht of Essex, can be...
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    of the successor for Deusdedit, the first English Archbishop of Canterbury. The first king of Essex to nominally convert to Christianity was Sæberht,...
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    son-in-law Sæberht of Essex also converted to Christianity. After Æthelberht's death in about 616/618, the most powerful king was Rædwald of East Anglia...
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  • his stepmother Emma, in accordance with pre-Christian custom. King Sæberht of Essex dies after a 12-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Sexred. He...
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  • of King Æthelberht of Kent. Sledd was father of Sæberht, whose rule began in c. 604, and of another son, Seaxa, whose descendants supplanted those of...
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    proposed date of circa 610 would place its construction in the reign of Sæberht of Essex, who was noted for his church-building activities.[incomplete short...
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  • London area had been incorporated into the kingdom of the East Saxons. In 604 King Saeberht of Essex converted to Christianity and London received Mellitus...
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    conversions of Æthelberht of Kent and Saeberht of Essex, and the establishment of new bishoprics in their kingdoms. Bede, when relating the conversion of Rædwald's...
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    proposed date of circa 610 would place its construction in the reign of Sæberht of Essex, who was noted for his church-building activities.[incomplete short...
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    King Æthelberht of Kent, built a cathedral for his nephew King Sæberht of Essex as part of this mission. This cathedral was constructed in "London" and...
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  • Sebert may refer to: Sæberht of Essex, (died c. 616), Anglo-Saxon King of Essex Günter Sebert (born 1948), German footballer Kesha Sebert (born 1987),...
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  • of a high-status man, perhaps Saexa (brother to Sæberht of Essex), buried with objects including Christian symbols. Boscombe Bowmen's shared grave of...
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  • to Christianity in 604, becoming the first Christian king of the East Saxons. When Sæberht died in c. 616? the two brothers ruled jointly as king, perhaps...
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    gave Augustine land in Canterbury. Two other rulers, Sæberht, king of Essex, and Rædwald, king of East Anglia, were converted through Æthelberht's influence...
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    Great Burstead (category Populated places in Essex)
    after he converted Ebba, the Thane of Great Burstead. However, it is also reputed that the East Saxon King Sæberht (d 616) was buried nearby, a convert...
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    St Mary Magdalene, Great Burstead (category Church of England church buildings in Essex)
    arrived in Essex in 527. Cedd converted Ebba, the thane of Great Burstead, to Christianity in 653. The first Christian Saxon King, Sæberht (died 616)...
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    to the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the East Saxons and their king, Sæberht. Sæberht's uncle and overlord, Æthelberht, king of Kent, built a church dedicated...
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    Southend Central Museum (category Museums in Essex)
    from about 580 AD, and may have been the tomb of Sæxa, brother of Sæberht, King of Essex. Collection of Ekco radios on show at the Central Museum Butterflies...
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  • (c.654–664) Ealdwulf, King (663–c.713) Kingdom of Essex (complete list) – Sledd, King (587–604) Sæberht, Co-King (604–616/617) Sexred, Co-King (616/617–617)...
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    revealed. London at that time was part of the Kingdom of Essex, which was ruled by Æthelberht's nephew Sæbert of Essex, who converted to Christianity in 604...
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