Source: Textual EditionCenwulf.Ep

Edition(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp. Mynors, R. A. B., Thomson, R. M., Winterbottom, M. Gesta regum Anglorum. The History of the English Kings Oxford 1998 124-8

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp. Mynors, R. A. B., Thomson, R. M., Winterbottom, M. Gesta regum Anglorum. The History of the English Kings Oxford 1998 125-9

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description 1 Event Cenwulf.Ep  p. 128 Wada 3 was sent to the Pope (Leo 1) by Cenwulf 3, but he conducted it slothfully and even without understanding 2 Event Cenwulf.Ep  p. 128 Æthelheard 13 and all the bishops of the southern province (Anonymi 1810) wrote to the pope (Leo 1) concerning the problems and needs of all Britain. 3 Event Cenwulf.Ep  p. 128 A conflict between Offa 7 and Jænberht 1 4 Event Cenwulf.Ep  p. 128 Hadrian 3, at the request of Offa 7, sent the pallium tot he bishop of the Mercians. 5 Event Cenwulf.Ep  pp. 124-8 Cenwulf 3 wrote to Leo 1 about the division of the authority of the metropolitan of Canterbury in two provinces. He said that all the bishops found that situation to be against the Apostolic rules established by Gregory 1. He wrote that the pallium had been sent by Hadrian 3 to the bishop of the Mercians, at the request of Offa 7. Cenwulf 3 asked Leo 1 to make enquiries into this matter and write back to Cenwulf 3 about how the order should be maintained in the future. Cenwulf 3 also mentioned another letter that Æthelheard 13 was sending to Leo 1. He asked the Pope to reply to him as well on the matters addressed by the archbishop. 6 Event Cenwulf.Ep  p. 128 Augustine 1 was buried in Canterbury, in the basilica of St. Peter 7 Event Cenwulf.Ep  p. 126 In one of his letters to Augustine 1, Gregory 1 wrote that there should be twelve bishops under the control of the Archbishop of the southern province of England. In the same letter he wrote that there were to be two mother-cities, one in London and one in York. 8 Event Cenwulf.Ep  pp. 126-8 At Gregory 1's command Augustine 1 brought the word of God to the English 9 Transaction Cenwulf.Ep  p. 128 120 mancuses