hierarchy by Pope Pius IX, is also dedicated to Birinus. Church of St Birinus, Morgan's Vale St Birinus School (Didcot) Lantfred wrote a vita Powicke &...
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Birinus is a monotypic snout moth genus. Its only species, Birinus russeolus, is found in Guyana. Both the genus and species were described by Carl Heinrich...
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Birinus School, previously known as Didcot Boy's County Modern and Didcot Senior Boys, is a boys' academy in Didcot, Oxfordshire, England. St Birinus...
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Saxons, with its cathedra at Dorchester Cathedral near Oxford under Saints Birinus and Agilbert. The cathedral at Dorchester was founded in AD 634 by Birinius...
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the seat of a bishopric from AD 634 when Pope Honorius I had sent Saint Birinus, its first bishop, to that district, until 1085 when the Mercian See (hitherto...
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certainty occurs: the baptism of Cynegils by Birinus, which happened at the end of the 630s, perhaps in 640. Birinus was then established as bishop of the West...
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in Roman Martyrology Birillus unknown 90 AD found in Roman Martyrology Birinus c. 600 3 December 649 or 650 Blaesilla 364 384 Blaise 200s 316 found in...
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under the influence of the already converted Jutes of Kent. In the 630s, Birinus became the "apostle to the West Saxons" and converted Wessex, whose first...
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conception of the Tribal Hidage's origins is correct. In the 630s, Bishop Birinus established himself at Dorchester, and both Cynegils and Cwichelm are said...
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states that Cenwalh was the son of the King Cynegils baptised by Bishop Birinus. He was also the great-great-grandson of Cerdic. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle...
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to it. Old Minster was the recipient of a shrine for the relics of St Birinus and the probable confirmation of its privileges. The monastery at Evesham...
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Ministry. "Morgan's Vale: St Birinus". A Church Near You. Retrieved 4 November 2019. Historic England. "Church of St Birinus, Redlynch (1300201)". National...
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(approximate date) Bhāskara I, Indian mathematician (approximate date) Birinus, bishop of Dorchester (approximate date) Candrakīrti, Indian Madhyamaka...
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Wilgils of Ripon Roman Augustine of Canterbury Firmin of North Crawley Birinus of Dorchester Blaise Florentius of Peterborough Hadrian of Canterbury Honorius...
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Gewisse were converted by continental missionaries Felix the Burgundian and Birinus the Italian. The next phase of the conversion took place between c. 653...
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represented early missionaries to Britain, of which Augustine of Canterbury, St Birinus, and Benedict Biscop are identifiable by their attributes. In the second...
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Sarum) in 552 AD and Beranbyrig (Barbury Castle) from the Britons in 556. Birinus converted the Gewisse to Christianity in 636 by baptising their king Cynegils...
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founds the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria (northern England). Birinus, Frankish missionary, converts King Cynegils of Wessex and becomes the...
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a bishop called Birinus to convert the Saxons of the Thames Valley to Christianity. King Cynegils of Wessex gave Dorchester to Birinus as the seat of a...
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supported the difficult Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England and sent Birinus to convert the West Saxons, but less successful in convincing the Celts...
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Wonderworker, also known as Bessarion of Egypt or Bessarion of Scetis Birinus 649 / 650 3 December Apostle to the West Saxons, Bishop of Genoa Blaise...
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died the same year." Cynegils was also baptised at this time, by Bishop Birinus, with Oswald of Bernicia as his godfather. The final entry in the Anglo-Saxon...
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Canterbury—26 May Benedict Biscop (c. 628–690), Abbot of Wearmouth—13 January Birinus (c. 600–649), Bishop of Dorchester, Apostle of Wessex—4 September (Church...
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retained religious importance: a church is said to have been erected by St Birinus (who had become the bishop of the West Saxons in AD 634). A Norman watch...
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Finnish ice hockey player 311 – Diocletian, Roman emperor (b. 244) 649 – Birinus, French-English bishop and saint (b. 600) 860 – Abbo, bishop of Auxerre...
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Wilgils of Ripon Roman Augustine of Canterbury Firmin of North Crawley Birinus of Dorchester Blaise Florentius of Peterborough Hadrian of Canterbury Honorius...
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Cuthred, possibly sub-king of Berkshire (England). Cenwahl invites bishop Birinus to establish under his direction the Old Minster in Winchester. Together...
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Wilgils of Ripon Roman Augustine of Canterbury Firmin of North Crawley Birinus of Dorchester Blaise Florentius of Peterborough Hadrian of Canterbury Honorius...
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Canon Precentor and Sacrist — Andy Trenier (since 15 September 2019) Saint Birinus—his relics were eventually translated here Walkelin, first Norman Bishop...
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of Mercia, either in the late 640s or 650s. He was appointed to succeed Birinus (also later canonised, and attributed with conversion of Wessex to Christianity)...
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