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The Passion of St. Alban and his companions, who at that
time shed their blood for our Lord.
Chap. VIII. How, when the persecution ceased, the Church in Britain
enjoyed peace till the time of the Arian heresy.
Chap. IX. How during the reign of Gratian, Maximus, being created
Emperor in Britain, returned into Gaul with a mighty army.
Chap. X. How, in the reign of Arcadius, Pelagius, a Briton, insolently
impugned the Grace of God.
Chap. XI. How during the reign of Honorius, Gratian and Constantine
were created tyrants in Britain; and soon after the former was slain in
Britain, and the latter in Gaul.
Chap. XII. How the Britons, being ravaged by the Scots and Picts,
sought succour from the Romans, who coming a second time, built a wall
across the island; but when this was broken down at once by the
aforesaid enemies, they were reduced to greater distress than before.
Chap. XIII. How in the reign of Theodosius the younger, in whose time
Palladius was sent to the Scots that believed in Christ, the Britons
begging assistance of Ætius, the consul, could not obtain it. [446
A. D. ]
Chap. XIV. How the Britons, compelled by the great famine, drove the
barbarians out of their territories; and soon after there ensued, along
with abundance of corn, decay of morals, pestilence, and the downfall
of the nation.
Chap. XV. How the Angles, being invited into Britain, at first drove
off the enemy; but not long after, making a league with them, turned
their weapons against their allies.
Chap. XVI. How the Britons obtained their first victory over the
Angles, under the command of Ambrosius, a Roman.
Chap. XVII. How Germanus the Bishop, sailing into Britain with Lupus,
first quelled the tempest of the sea, and afterwards that of the
Pelagians, by Divine power. [429 A. D. ]
Chap. XVIII. How the some holy man gave sight to the blind daughter of
a tribune, and then coming to St. Alban, there received of his relics,
and left other relics of the blessed Apostles and other martyrs. [429
A. D. ]
Chap. XIX. How the same holy man, being detained there by sickness, by
his prayers quenched a fire that had broken out among the houses, and
was himself cured of his infirmity by a vision. [429 A. D. ]
Chap. XX. How the same Bishops brought help from Heaven to the Britons
in a battle, and then returned home. [430 A. D. ]
Chap. XXI. How, when the Pelagian heresy began to spring up afresh,
Germanus, returning to Britain with Severus, first restored bodily
strength to a lame youth, then spiritual health to the people of God,
having condemned or converted the Heretics. [447 A. D. ]
Chap. XXII. How the Britons, being for a time at rest from foreign
invasions, wore themselves out by civil wars, and at the same time gave
themselves up to more heinous crimes.
Chap. XXIII. How the holy Pope Gregory sent Augustine, with other
monks, to preach to the English nation, and encouraged them by a letter
of exhortation, not to desist from their labour. [596 A. D. ]
Chap. XXIV. How he wrote to the bishop of Arles to entertain them. [596
A. D. ]
Chap. XXV. How Augustine, coming into Britain, first preached in the
Isle of Thanet to the King of Kent, and having obtained licence from
him, went into Kent, in order to preach therein. [597 A. D. ]
Chap. XXVI. How St. Augustine in Kent followed the doctrine and manner
of life of the primitive Church, and settled his episcopal see in the
royal city. [597 A. D. ]
Chap. XXVII. How St. Augustine, being made a bishop, sent to acquaint
Pope Gregory with what had been done in Britain, and asked and received
replies, of which he stood in need. [597-601 A. D. ]
Chap. XXVIII. How Pope Gregory wrote to the bishop of Arles to help
Augustine in the work of God. [601 A. D. ]
Chap. XXIX. How the same Pope sent to Augustine the Pall and a letter,
along with several ministers of the Word. [601 A. D. ]
Chap. XXX. A copy of the letter which Pope Gregory sent to the Abbot
Mellitus, then going into Britain. [601 A. D. ]
Chap. XXXI. How Pope Gregory, by letter, exhorted Augustine not to
glory in his miracles. [601 A. D. ]
Chap. XXXII. How Pope Gregory sent letters and gifts to King Ethelbert.
[601 A. D. ]
Chap. XXXIII. How Augustine repaired the church of our Saviour, and
built the monastery of the blessed Peter the Apostle; and concerning
Peter the first abbot of the same.
Chap. XXXIV. How Ethelfrid, king of the Northumbrians, having
vanquished the nations of the Scots, expelled them from the territories
of the English. [603 A. D. ]
Book II
Chap. I. Of the death of the blessed Pope Gregory. [604 A. D. ]
Chap. II. How Augustine admonished the bishops of the Britons on behalf
of Catholic peace, and to that end wrought a heavenly miracle in their
presence; and of the vengeance that pursued them for their contempt.
[_Circ. _ 603 A. D. ]
Chap. III. How St. Augustine made Mellitus and Justus bishops; and of
his death. [604 A. D. ]
Chap. IV. How Laurentius and his bishops admonished the Scots to
observe the unity of the Holy Church, particularly in keeping of
Easter; and how Mellitus went to Rome.
Chap. V. How, after the death of the kings Ethelbert and Sabert, their
successors restored idolatry; for which reason, both Mellitus and
Justus departed out of Britain. [616 A. D. ]
Chap. VI. How Laurentius, being reproved by the Apostle Peter,
converted King Eadbald to Christ; and how the king soon recalled
Mellitus and Justus to preach the Word. [617-618 A. D. ]
Chap. VII. How Bishop Mellitus by prayer quenched a fire in his city.
[619 A. D. ]
Chap. VIII. How Pope Boniface sent the Pall and a letter to Justus,
successor to Mellitus. [624 A. D. ]
Chap. IX. Of the reign of King Edwin, and how Paulinus, coming to
preach the Gospel, first converted his daughter and others to the
mysteries of the faith of Christ. [625-626 A. D. ]
Chap. X. How Pope Boniface, by letter, exhorted the same king to
embrace the faith. [_Circ. _ 625 A. D. ]
Chap. XI. How Pope Boniface advised the king’s consort to use her best
endeavours for his salvation. [_Circ. _ 625 A. D. ]
Chap. XII. How Edwin was persuaded to believe by a vision which he had
once seen when he was in exile. [_Circ. _ 616 A. D. ]
Chap. XIII. Of the Council he held with his chief men concerning their
reception of the faith of Christ, and how the high priest profaned his
own altars. [627 A. D. ]
Chap. XIV. How King Edwin and his nation became Christians; and where
Paulinus baptized them. [627 A. D. ]
Chap. XV. How the province of the East Angles received the faith of
Christ. [627-628 A. D. ]
Chap. XVI.
How Paulinus preached in the province of Lindsey; and of the
character of the reign of Edwin. [_Circ. _ 628 A. D. ]
Chap. XVII. How Edwin received letters of exhortation from Pope
Honorius, who also sent the pall to Paulinus. [634 A. D. ]
Chap. XVIII. How Honorius, who succeeded Justus in the bishopric of
Canterbury, received the pall and letters from Pope Honorius. [634
A. D. ]
Chap. XIX. How the aforesaid Honorius first, and afterwards John, wrote
letters to the nation of the Scots, concerning the observance of
Easter, and the Pelagian heresy. [640 A. D. ]
Chap. XX. How Edwin being slain, Paulinus returned into Kent, and had
the bishopric of Rochester conferred upon him. [633 A. D. ]
Book III
Chap. I. How King Edwin’s next successors lost both the faith of their
nation and the kingdom; but the most Christian King Oswald retrieved
both. [633 A. D. ]
Chap. II. How, among innumerable other miracles of healing wrought by
the wood of the cross, which King Oswald, being ready to engage against
the barbarians, erected, a certain man had his injured arm healed. [634
A. D. ]
Chap. III. How the same king Oswald, asking a bishop of the Scottish
nation, had Aidan sent him, and granted him an episcopal see in the
Isle of Lindisfarne. [635 A. D. ]
Chap. IV. When the nation of the Picts received the faith of Christ.
[565 A. D. ]
Chap. V. Of the life of Bishop Aidan. [635 A. D. ]
Chap. VI. Of King Oswald’s wonderful piety and religion. [635-642 A. D. ]
Chap. VII. How the West Saxons received the Word of God by the
preaching of Birinus; and of his successors, Agilbert and Leutherius.
[635-670 A. D. ]
Chap. VIII. How Earconbert, King of Kent, ordered the idols to be
destroyed; and of his daughter Earcongota, and his kinswoman Ethelberg,
virgins consecrated to God. [640 A. D. ]
Chap. IX. How miracles of healing have been frequently wrought in the
place where King Oswald was killed; and how, first, a traveller’s horse
was restored and afterwards a young girl cured of the palsy. [642 A. D. ]
Chap. X. How the dust of that place prevailed against fire. [After 642
A. D. ]
Chap. XI. How a light from Heaven stood all night over his relics, and
how those possessed with devils were healed by them. [679-697 A. D. ]
Chap. XII. How a little boy was cured of a fever at his tomb.
Chap. XIII. How a certain person in Ireland was restored, when at the
point of death, by his relics.
Chap. XIV. How on the death of Paulinus, Ithamar was made bishop of
Rochester in his stead; and of the wonderful humility of King Oswin,
who was cruelly slain by Oswy. [644-651 A. D. ]
Chap. XV. How Bishop Aidan foretold to certain seamen that a storm
would arise, and gave them some holy oil to calm it. [Between 642 and
645 A. D. ]
Chap. XVI. How the same Aidan, by his prayers, saved the royal city
when it was fired by the enemy [Before 651 A. D. ]
Chap. XVII. How a prop of the church on which Bishop Aidan was leaning
when he died, could not be consumed when the rest of the Church was on
fire; and concerning his inward life. [651 A. D. ]
Chap. XVIII. Of the life and death of the religious King Sigbert.
[_Circ. _ 631 A. D. ]
Chap. XIX. How Fursa built a monastery among the East Angles, and of
his visions and sanctity, to which, his flesh remaining uncorrupted
after death bore testimony. [_Circ. _ 633 A. D. ]
Chap. XX. How, when Honorius died, Deusdedit became Archbishop of
Canterbury; and of those who were at that time bishops of the East
Angles, and of the church of Rochester. [653 A. D. ]
Chap. XXI. How the province of the Midland Angles became Christian
under King Peada. [653 A. D. ]
Chap. XXII. How under King Sigbert, through the preaching of Cedd, the
East Saxons again received the faith, which they had before cast off.
[653 A. D. ]
Chap. XXIII. How Bishop Cedd, having a place for building a monastery
given him by King Ethelwald, consecrated it to the Lord with prayer and
fasting; and concerning his death. [659-664 A. D. ]
Chap. XXIV. How when King Penda was slain, the province of the Mercians
received the faith of Christ, and Oswy gave possessions and territories
to God, for building monasteries, as a thank offering for the victory
obtained. [655 A. D. ]
Chap. XXV. How the question arose about the due time of keeping Easter,
with those that came out of Scotland. [664 A. D. ]
Chap. XXVI. How Colman, being worsted, returned home; and Tuda
succeeded him in the bishopric; and of the state of the church under
those teachers. [664 A. D. ]
Chap. XXVII. How Egbert, a holy man of the English nation, led a
monastic life in Ireland. [664 A. D. ]
Chap. XXVIII. How, when Tuda was dead, Wilfrid was ordained, in Gaul,
and Ceadda, among the West Saxons, to be bishops for the province of
the Northumbrians. [664 A. D. ]
Chap. XXIX. How the priest Wighard was sent from Britain to Rome, to be
ordained archbishop; of his death there, and of the letters of the
Apostolic Pope giving an account thereof. [667 A. D. ]
Chap. XXX. How the East Saxons, during a pestilence, returned to
idolatry, but were soon brought back from their error by the zeal of
Bishop Jaruman. [665 A. D. ]
Book IV
Chap. I. How when Deusdedit died, Wighard was sent to Rome to receive
the episcopate; but he dying there, Theodore was ordained archbishop,
and sent into Britain with the Abbot Hadrian. [664-669 A. D. ]
Chap. II. How Theodore visited all places; how the Churches of the
English began to be instructed in the study of Holy Scripture, and in
the Catholic truth; and how Putta was made bishop of the Church of
Rochester in the room of Damianus. [669 A. D. ]
Chap. III. How the above-mentioned Ceadda was made Bishop of the
province of Mercians. Of his life, death, and burial. [669 A. D. ]
Chap. IV. How Bishop Colman, having left Britain, built two monasteries
in the country of the Scots; the one for the Scots, the other for the
English whom he had taken along with him. [667 A. D. ]
Chap. V. Of the death of the kings Oswy and Egbert, and of the synod
held at the place Herutford, in which Archbishop Theodore presided.
[670-673 A. D. ]
Chap. VI. How Wynfrid being deposed, Sexwulf received his bishopric,
and Earconwald was made bishop of the East Saxons. [675 A.