Stelle His temporibus reges Anglorum nobil...; (Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (731 - 731), iii.29.1 (p. 176, lin. 1)) [1878]

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Text Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (731 - 731) Bede
Quotation His temporibus reges Anglorum nobilissimi, Osuiu prouinciae Nordanhymbrorum et Ecgberct Cantuariorum, habito inter se consilio quid de statu ecclesiae Anglorum esset agendum (intellexerat enim ueraciter Osuiu, quamuis educatus a Scottis, quia Romana esset catholica et apostolica ecclesia), assumserunt cum electione et consensu sanctae ecclesiae gentis Anglorum uirum bonum et aptum episcopatu, presbyterum nomine Vighardum de clero Deusdedit episcopi, et hunc antistitem ordinandum Romam miserunt, quatinus accepto ipse gradu archiepiscopatus catholicos per omnem Brittaniam ecclesiis Anglorum ordinare posset antistites.
Translation At this time the most noble English kings, Oswiu of Northumbria and Egbert of Kent, consulted together as to what ought to be done about the state of the English Church; for Oswiu, although educated by the Irish, clearly realized that the Roman Church was both catholic and apostolic; so with the choice and consent of the holy Church of the English people, they took a priest named Wigheard, a good man and well fitted for the office of bishop, one of the clerics of Bishop Deusdedit, and sent him to Rome to be consecrated bishop so that, when he had received the rank of archbishop, he could himself consecrate catholic bishops for the English churches throughout the whole of Britain. (Translation: Colgrave/Mynors, Oxford Medieval Texts, p. 319)
Quotation source iii.29.1 (p. 176, lin. 1)
Temporal Coverage 664 - 670
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