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Comb sent by Boniface to Ethelberg, 111.

Comets, xxxi, 242, 378, 385, 386.

Communion, Holy, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60, 61, 62, 65, 96, 101, 249, 275,
280, 363.

Compiègne, Royal Villa, 206.

Conall, King of the Dalriadic Scots, 142 n.

Confirmation, the rite of, 87 n.

Connor, Bishop of, _see_ Dima.

Conquest, the Norman, 343 n.

Conrad, Prior of Canterbury, 72 n.

Constans II, or Constantine IV, Emperor, 256.

Constans, son of Constantine, Tyrant of Britain, 22.

Constantine I, Pope, 345.

Constantine the Great, Emperor, 19, 210 n. ;
establishes Christianity, 70;
completes the Basilica of the Anastasis, and builds the Church of the
Martyrium, Jerusalem, 339, 340.

Constantine III, Emperor, 127.

Constantine IV, _see_ Constans II.

Constantine, Tyrant in Britain, 22.

Constantinople, xxxviii, 27, 77, 254 n. , 338;
Church at, 254;
councils of, 254, 255, 256, 258, 352 n.

Constantinople, Bishop of, _see_ Eudoxius, Macedonius, Nestorius.

Constantinopolitan System of Indictions, the, 227 n.

Constantius, father of Constantine the Great, 19.

Constantius, Count, 22.

Constantius Chlorus, Emperor, 14 n.

Constantius of Lyons, his “Life of Germanus,” xxii;
editorial references to, 33 n. , 36 n. , 38 n.

Continuation of Bede, the, 390, _et seq. _

Conwulf, Bishop of Lindisfarne, after Ethelwald, 391.

Corinth, 197.

Corinthians, Epistle to the, quoted, 103, 111, 363.

Corman, his unsuccessful mission to the Northumbrians, 145.

Cornish Britons, 7 n. , 336 n.

Cornwall, 33 n. , 84 n.

Corrib, Lough, monastery on, 174.

“Cotton MSS. ,” xix.

Councils, 116, 128, 255 n. , 256;
and _see_ Constantinople, Rome, and Synods.

Cousins, marriage of, 52.

Cricklade, 84 n.

Crimea, the, 256 n.

Croes Oswallt, _see_ Oswestry.

Cromanus, or Cronan, Bishop of Nendrum, 129.

Cross, The, in procession, 46;
sign of the, 304;
Invention of the Holy, by Helena, 339, 340 n.

Cross, erected by Oswald, at Hefenfelth, 136, 137, 138.

Cross at Maserfelth, 154 n.

Cudwald, _see_ Cuthbald.

Cuichelm, King of Wessex, son of Cynegils, 103, 104, 149 n.

Cuichelm, Bishop of Rochester after Putta, 241, 242.

Cuiritin, Irish saint, 359 n.

“Culdees, The,” _see_ Reeves.

Cunningham, 325 n.

Cunungaceaster, _see_ Chester-le-Street.

Cuthbald, Abbot of Medeshamstead, 356 n.

Cuthbald, or Cudwald, Abbot of Oundle, 356.

Cuthbert, St. , Bishop of Lindisfarne, xxii, xxix, xxxviii, 4, 161 n. , 168
n. , 192 n. , 244 n. , 331 n. , 389;
history of, 288-295;
at Farne, 288;
at Melrose, 288, 289;
succeeds Boisil as Provost, 289;
at Ripon, 194 n. ;
his consecration, 285, 288, 292, 293;
Bishop of Hexham, 293;
of Lindisfarne, 293;
his friendship for Elfled, 189 n. ;
foretells Egfrid’s defeat by the Picts, and death, 189 n. , 285, 286;
his vision, 288 n. ;
his spiritual powers, 289;
his missionary journeys, 289, 290;
his hermitage on Farne Island, 291, 292, 294;
attends the Synod at Twyford, 292;
his piety, 293, 297;
at Carlisle, 294;
foretells his own death to Herebert, 294, 295;
death, 295;
buried at Lindisfarne, 295, 302;
his body preserved from corruption, 295 n. , 296, 297, 300;
removal of his relics, 295 n. , 302 n. ;
miracles, 291, 292, 297, 298, 299, 300;
Anonymous Life of, xxii, 285 n. ;
Bede’s Life of, _see_ Bede.

Cuthbert, Archbishop of Canterbury after Nothelm, 90 n. , 391.

Cuthbert, Abbot of Wearmouth and Jarrow, pupil of Bede, xxxix, xl;
his letter to Cuthwin describing Bede’s death, xxxiv, xxxv, xxxix,
xl-xliii.

Cuthred, King of Wessex, 391, 392 n.

Cuthwin, xxxiv, xl, _et seq. _

Cuthwine, father of Coenred, King of Northumbria, 375 n.

Cycles, Paschal, 84 n. , 368, 369, 370, 374.

Cyneburg, St. , daughter of Penda, wife of Alchfrid, Abbess of Caistor,
180.

Cyneburga, daughter of Cynegils, wife of Oswald, 148.

Cyneburgacaster, _see_ Caistor.

Cynegils, King of Wessex, xxvi, 103 n. , 147;
baptized with all his people, 148;
his daughter married to Oswald, 148;
divides the West Saxon diocese, 150;
death, 149.

Cynibert, Bishop of Lindsey or Sidnacester, 4, 243, 244, 379 n. , 380;
death, 390.

Cynibert, Abbot of Redbridge, 253.

Cynibill, brother of Cedd, 186, 187.

Cynifrid, surgeon to Ethelthryth, 262.

Cynimund, a priest, 167.

Cyniwulf, King of Wessex, 392.

Cynwise, wife of Penda, 188, 227 n.

Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria, 255 n. , 256, 369.

Cyrus, in Syria, Bishop of, _see_ Theodoret.

Dacre, or Dacore, The Monastery of, 299;
a monk of, miraculously cured of a tumour, 299, 300.

Dacre, Abbot of, _see_ Suidbert, Thruidred.

Dacre, The River, 299.

Dagan, Bishop of Inverdaeile, or Ennereilly, 92.

Dagobert I, King of the Franks, 132.

Dagobert II, King of Austrasia, 351 n.

Dal, Signification of, 8.

Dalfinus, Archbishop of Lyons, _see_ Annemundus.

Dalfinus, Count of Lyons, 194 n. , 348.

Dalriada, the Dalreudini or Dalriadic Scots, history, xxiv, 8, 73, 142 n. ,
286, 392 n.

Dalriadic Scots, King of, _see_ Conall.

Dalston, near Carlisle, 73 n.

Damascus, 338.

Damian, or Damianus, Bishop of Rochester after Ithamar, 179, 216, 245 n. ;
account of, 179 n. ;
death, 206 n. , 218.

Danes, 30, 317;
their invasions of England, 122 n. , 161 n. , 231 n. , 295 n. , 303 n.

Daniel, Bishop of Winchester, xxx, 3, 148 n. , 253, 344, 345, 379, 380.

Danube, The River, 317 n.

Darling, Grace, 168 n.

David, 61, 338, 341.

Dawstane Rig, Liddesdale, 73 n.

Dearmach, Durrow, or Field of Oaks, Monastery of, 142.

Decius, Emperor, 265, 388 n.

Deda, Abbot of Partney, 123.

Degsastan, or Degsa Stone, Battle of, 73, 74, 383.

“De Ingratis,” _see_ Prosper.

Deira, History of, xxvi, 82 n. , 83 n. , 120, 134, 147, 190, 270 n. , 383 n. ;
diocese of, 243 n. ;
Gregory’s pun on the name, 82.

Deira, King of, _see_ Aelli, Ethelfrid, Ethelric, Oidilwald, Osric, Oswin,
Yffi.

Deira, Sub-king of, _see_ Aelfwine, Egfrid.

Deira, Bishop of, _see_ Bosa.

“De Locis Sanctis,” _see_ Adamnan and Bede.

“De Mensura Orbis Terrae,” the author of, 246 n.

Denisesburna, or The Brook of Denis, Battle of, 135, 136.

Deogratias, 179 n.

Derbyshire, 181 n.

Derwent, the River (Cumberland), 294.

Derwent, the River (Durham), 260.

Derwent, the River (Yorkshire), 104, 118, 350 n.

Derwentwater, 294.

Deusdedit, Pope, 98, 100, 179 n.

Deusdedit, or Frithonas, Archbishop of Canterbury, after Honorius, xxvi,
178, 179, 208, 351 n. ;
death, 179, 206 n. , 207, 213, 217.

Deusdedit, The name of, 179 n.

Deuteronomy, quoted, 55, 279.

Devils, 328, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336.

Devil’s Water, 135 n.

Devon and Cornwall, Kingdom of, _see_ Dumnonia.

Diarmaid, Irish King, 140 n.

“Dictionary of Christian Antiquities,” referred to, vi, 227 n.

“Dictionary of Christian Biography,” referred to, vi, 19 n. , 49 n. , 387 n.

Dicul, an Irish monk of Bosham, 246.

Dicull, one of Fursa’s priests, 177.

Dima, Bishop of Connor, 129 n.

Dinnaus, probably Dima, 128.

Dinoot, Donatus, Dunawd or Dunod, Abbot of Bangor, 86.

Diocletian, Emperor, 12, 13, 14, 19, 265 n.

Dionysius Exiguus, 228 n. , 369.

Discipline, Augustine’s Questions and Gregory’s Answers on, 49-64.

Diuma, Bishop of Lindsey, Mercia, and Mid-Anglia, xxvii, 181, 190;
accompanies Peada into Mid-Anglia, 180, 181;
death, 181, 190;
burial, 190, 191.

Divorce, 230, 238, 239.

Dolphins in Britain, 5.

Domesday-Book, 268 n.

Dommoc, _see_ Dunwich.

Don, The River, 189.

Donafeld, _see_ Campodonum.

Donatus, _see_ Dinoot.

Doncaster (perhaps Campodonum), 120 n. , 131.

Dooms, of Edric, 287 n. ;
of Ethelbert, 95 n. ;
of Hlothere, 287 n. ;
of Ini, 231 n. , 251 n.

Dorchester (Oxfordshire), See at, xxvi, 148, 272 n. , 273.

Dorchester, Bishop of, _see_ Aetla, Agilbert, Birinus.

Dorsetshire, 343 n.

Dorubrevis, _see_ Rochester.

Doruvernis, _see_ Canterbury.

Double Procession of the Holy Spirit, Doctrine of, 256.

Doulting, 343 n.

Dreams, _see_ Visions.

Driffield, or Field of Deira, 342 n.

Drought, An excessive, 391.
Drythelm, a Northumbrian, his visions of Death, Hell and Judgement, xxx,
325-331;
retires into the monastery of Melrose, 326, 331;
death, 332.

Ducange, editorial references to, 77, 90, 135 n. , 266 n. , 305 n. , 340 n.

Dudden, F. Homes, his “Gregory the Great,” editorial references to, 75 n. ,
81 n. , 133 n.

Dugdale’s “Monasticon,” editorial references to, 18 n. , 275 n.

Dumbarton, Alcluith, or Dúnbrettan, 9, 24, 25.

Dumnonia, 344 n.

Dumnonia, King of, _see_ Geraint.

Dunawd, _see_ Dinoot.

Dunbar, 352 n.

Dúnbrettan, _see_ Dumbarton.

Dunchad, Abbot of Iona, 376.

Dunnechtan, _see_ Nechtansmere.

Dunnichen, 285 n.

Dunod, _see_ Dinoot.

Dunwich, or Dommoc, Diocese of, 122 n. , 172 n.

Dunwich, Bishop of, _see_ Aecci, Aldbert, Bisi, Boniface.

Durham, xl, 161 n. , 190, 204 n. , 288 n. , 302;
Cathedral, 295 n.

Durham, Reginald of, _see_ Reginald.

Durrow, _see_ Dearmach.

Dysentery, 393.

Eabae, daughter of Eanfrid, wife of Ethelwalch, baptized, 246.

Eadbald, King of Kent, son of Ethelbert, xxiv, xxvi, 95, 99, 127, 348 n. ;
his wickedness, 95;
marries his stepmother, 95, 97;
gives her up, 97;
converted by Laurentius, 97, 98, 101, 105 n. , 107, 110;
recalls Mellitus and Justus, 98;
builds the Church of the Mother of God, 98;
his letters to Pope Boniface, 101;
gives his sister in marriage to Edwin, 102, 103;
welcomes Paulinus back to Kent, 132;
death, 151, 384.

Eadbert, King of Kent, son of Wictred, 377.

Eadbert, King of Northumbria after Ceolwulf, 391, 392, 393.

Eadbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 192, 296, 297, 353 n. ;
illness and death, 297;
buried with Cuthbert at Lindisfarne, 297, 302 n. ;
posthumous miracles, 297, 298.

Eadbert, Abbot of Selsey, afterwards Bishop of Selsey, 345.

Eadbert, (unknown), slain, 391.

Eadbert, Mercian Chief, 191, 192.

Eadfrid, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 331 n.

Eadfrid, son of Edwin, baptized, 119;
killed by Penda, 131.

Eadgyth, a nun of Barking, 234.

Eadhaed, Bishop of Lindsey, 207, 243;
translated to Ripon, 244, 385.

Eadwulf, usurps the throne of Northumbria, 342 n. , 391 n. ;
besieges Bamborough, 385 n.

Eafa, Mercian Chief, 191, 192.

Eanfled, daughter of Edwin, wife of Oswy, xxv, 165 n. , 167, 189 n. , 191;
her birth, 104;
baptism, 104, 384;
taken by her mother and Paulinus into Kent, xxv, 132, 167;
observes the Catholic Easter, 193;
receives a cross from Pope Vitalian, 211;
befriends Wilfrid, 347, 348;
joint Abbess of Whitby with her daughter Elfled, 189 n. , 286, 306 n. ;
buried at Whitby, 190;
her relatives, 348.

Eanfrid, King of Bernicia, son of Ethelfrid, 134.

Eanfrid, King of the Hwiccas, 246.

Eanred, 392.

Eappa, a priest of Wilfrid’s, afterwards Abbot of Selsey, 245, 248, 249,
250.

Earconbert, King of Kent, son of Eadbald, xxvi, 151, 261;
suppresses idolatry, xxvi, 151;
sends Wilfrid and Benedict Biscop to Rome, 348;
death, 213, 384.

Earcongota, daughter of Earconbert and granddaughter of Anna, xxvi, 149
n. , 151, 152, 153.

Earconwald, St. , Bishop of London, xxviii, 231, 232, 239.

Earpwald, King of East Anglia, son of Redwald, xxv, 171;
converted by Edwin, xxv, 120, 121;
slain by Ricbert, 121.

East Angles, The, 30, 45 n.

East Anglia, History of, xxvi, 3, 112 n. , 177, 220, 271;
establishment of Christianity in, xxv, 121, 122;
diocese of, xxviii, 231, 379 n. , 380.

East Anglia, King of, _see_ Aldwulf, Anna, Earpwald, Ecgric, Ethelhere,
Ethelwald, Redwald, Sigbert, Tytilus, Uuffa.

East Anglia, Bishop of, _see_ Bisi, Boniface, Thomas.

Easter Controversy, The, xxiv, xxv, xxvi, xxviii, xxx, xxxi, xxxviii,
xxxix, 84, 85, 87, 91, 128, 129, 138, 139, 143, 170, 171,
192-201, 210, 216, 228, 336, 337, 344, 350, 359-370, 374-376,
381, 386.

Easter kept twice in one year, 193.

Eastern Church, _see_ Greek.

East Lothian, 325 n.

East Saxons, 30, 45, 191 n. ;
diocese of, _see_ London;
province of, _see_ Essex.

Eata, Abbot of Melrose, afterwards Bishop of Hexham, 194 n. , 243, 244 n. ,
288, 290, 318, 385;
ordained at York in Wilfrid’s place, 244;
Bishop of Lindisfarne, 202, 244 n. , 288;
death, 302.

Eata Glinmaur, father of Eadbert of Northumbria, 391 n.

Ebbsfleet, 45 n.

Ebchester, Monastery of, 260 n.

Ebroin, Mayor of the Palace to Clothaire III, 192 n. , 349;
plots against Wilfrid, 192 n. , 351 n. ;
detains Hadrian and Theodore, 215, 216;
murdered, 215 n.

“Ecclesiastes,” quoted, 220.

Ecclesiastical Arithmetic, 217.

“Ecclesiastical History,” Bede’s, MSS. of, xix, 277 n. ;
sources of, xxi, xxii, 5 n. ;
editions of, xix, xx;
translations of, xx, xxi, 249 n. , 321 n. ;
date of, 379 n. ;
Bede’s own account of, 386;
and _passim_.

Ecgric, King of East Anglia, after Sigbert, 172.

Eclanum, Bishop of, _see_ Julianus.

Eclipses of the Moon, 390, 392;
of the Sun, 203, 213, 383, 384, 390, 392.

Eddi, or Eddius, surnamed Stephen, editorial references to, his “Life of
Wilfrid,” 189 n. , 217 n. , 218 n. , 244 n. , 252 n. , 267 n. , 346
n. , 347 n. , 348 n. , 349 n. , 350 n. , 351 n. , 353 n. ;
teaches the Northumbrians to sing in church, 217.

Edessa, Bishop of, _see_ Ibas.

Edgar, Bishop of Lindsey, 243.

Edilhart, King of Wessex, 391.

Edinburgh (perhaps Urbs Iudeu), 23 n. , 189 n.

Edric, King of Kent, 287.

Edwin, King of Deira, afterwards of Northumbria, 5th Bretwalda, 109, 127,
147, 164, 243 n. , 348 n. ;
his early history, xxv, 112, 115, 130 n. ;
marries Ethelberg of Kent, xxiv, 102, 103;
conquers the Mevanian Islands, 94, 102;
his dominion, 102;
his vision, 112, 113, 114, 115;
his conversion and baptism, xxv, 102, 105, 110, 111, 115, 116, 118, 131,
270, 271, 384;
allows his daughter to be baptized, 104, 384;
his children, 104, 119, 132;
receives letters from Pope Honorius, 124, 125;
converts Earpwald, xxv, 120, 121;
Eumer’s attack on his life, 103, 104;
his war against the West Saxons, 104, 105;
builds St. Peter’s, York, 118, 119, 131;
bestows the see of York upon Paulinus, 118;
marries Quenburga, 119;
his glorious reign, 123, 124, 130;
Caedwalla rebels against him, 130;
defeated and killed at the battle of Hatfield, xxv, 119, 130, 131, 134,
135 n. , 154, 167, 384;
buried at Whitby, 131 n. , 190;
his head laid in St. Gregory’s Chapel in St. Peter’s, York, 131, 190 n. ;
his Cross and Chalice preserved at Canterbury, 132.

Edwin’s Cliff, 393 n.

Edwinspath, _see_ Ouestraefelda.

Egbert, Bishop of York after Wilfrid II, afterwards Archbishop, pupil of
Bede, xxxvi, 273 n. , 342 n. , 390, 391;
founder of the School of York, xxxvi;
Bede’s “Epistola ad Ecgbertum” addressed to, xxxvi, 390 n. ;
Bede visits, xxxvi, xxxix;
death, 393.

Egbert, English monk in Ireland, probably bishop, xxx, xxxi, 143, 203,
205, 316;
account of, 143 n. ;
seized with the plague, 204;
his vow and recovery, 205;
his attempted mission to Frisland, 161 n. , 316;
dissuaded by a revelation, 317, 318;
sends Wilbrord instead, 320;
saved from shipwreck, 319;
his good example, 205, 206;
his account of Ceadda’s death, 223, 224;
advises Egfrid against the war with the Scots, 286;
his mission to the Columban monasteries, 318, 319, 375, 376, 386;
death, on Easter Day, 205, 376, 377, 378, 386.

Egbert, King of Kent, after Earconbert, xxvii, 213, 287, 377;
consults with Oswy on Church matters, 208;
sends Wighard to Rome, 208, 213;
sends Raedfrid to meet Theodore, 215;
death, 226, 230, 384.

Egfrid, King of Northumbria, son of Oswy, xxviii, xxix, 137 n. , 207, 227,
254, 260, 266 n. , 302, 352 n. , 353;
hostage with Queen Cynwise, 188, 189, 227 n. ;
defeats Wulfhere and annexes Lindsey, 191 n. , 243, 244;
his conquests, 226 n. ;
defeated by Ethelred at the battle of the Trent, 267;
reconciled to Ethelred by Theodore, 267;
gives Benedict Biscop land for the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow,
xxxiv, 258;
his dispute with Wilfrid, 242, 245, 385;
marries Ethelthryth, 259;
his relations with her, 259, 260;
appoints Cuthbert Bishop of Lindisfarne, 288, 293;
at the Synod of Twyford, 292;
at the Synod of Hertford, 384;
his death foretold by Cuthbert, 189 n. , 285 n. ;
sends an army to ravage Ireland, 285;
his expedition against the Picts and Scots, 244 n. , 285, 286;
defeated and killed at the battle of Nechtansmere, 247, 285, 286, 288,
342 n. , 381 n. , 385;
buried at Iona, 285 n.

Egwin, St. , Bishop of Worcester, 380 n.

Egypt, 67, 361, 362, 363, 368;
churches of, 196.

Egyptians, their skill in calculation, 366.

Elafius, British Chief, his son cured of his lameness by Germanus, 39, 40.

Elbe, The river, 317 n.

Eleutherus, or Eleuther, Pope, 12, 382.

Elfled, daughter of Oswy, dedicated to religion by her father, xxxiii,
188, 189;
account of, 189 n. ;
trained at Whitby, 190;
enters the Monastery of Hartlepool, 190;
joint Abbess of Whitby with her mother, Eanfled, 189 n. , 190, 285 n. ,
286, 306 n. ;
her friendship with Trumwine, 286, 287;
death, 190;
buried at Whitby, 190.

Elford-on-Trent, 267 n.

Elfred the priest, carries Bede’s bones to Durham, xl.

Elge, _see_ Ely.

Elizabeth, Queen, “The Ecclesiastical History,” translated for her
benefit, xxi.

Ellmyn, Celtic name for the English, 317 n.

Elmet Wood, 120.

Elmham, Bishop of, _see_ Badwin, Hadulac.

Ely, Isle of, 260 n. , 261, 263;
Monastery of, 260, 261, 262;
St. Audrey’s Fair at, 263 n.

Ely, Abbess of, _see_ Ermingild, Ethelthryth, Sexburg.

Emme, Emmo, or Haymo, Bishop of Sens, 215.

Ems, The, 317 n.

End of the World, 71.

English, The, come to Britain, 383;
idolatry among, 67, 70;
called Garmans, 317;
Saxons, 317 n. ;
Ellmyn, 317 n. ;
Church, xxiii, xxvii, xxix, 53, 65;
language, 6, 45 n. ;
religious poetry, 277.

“English Historical Review, The,” editorial reference to, 32 n.

Eni, father of Anna, 172.

Ennereilly, _see_ Inver Daeile.

Eolla, Bishop of Selsey, 345.

Eormenburg, second wife of Egfrid, 242 n. , 352 n. ;
warned by Cuthbert of Egfrid’s death, 285 n.

“Ephesians, Epistle to the,” quoted, 110.

Ephesus, Council of, 255 n.

Epigrams, 389.

“Epistola ad Ecgbertum,” _see_ Bede.

Epternach, Wilbrord’s monastery at, 324 n.

Equinox, the Vernal, 84 n. , 366, 388.

Ercinwald, Mayor of the Palace to Clovis II, 178, 215 n. , 349 n.

Ermingild, daughter of Sexburg, and wife of Wulfhere, 149 n. , 261 n.