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| ID |
895 |
| Text |
Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (731 - 731) Bede |
| Quotation |
Vbi uero et haec prouincia uerbum ueritatis praedicante Mellito accepit, fecit rex Aedilberct in ciuitate
Lundonia ecclesiam sancti Pauli apostoli, in qua locum sedis episcopalis et ipse et successores eius
haberent. Iustum uero in ipsa Cantia Augustinus episcopum ordinauit in ciuitate Dorubreui, quam gens
Anglorum a primario quondam illius, qui dicebatur Hrof, Hrofaescaestrae cognominat; distat autem a
Doruuerni milibus passuum ferme XXIIII ad occidentem. In qua rex Aedilberct ecclesiam beati Andreae apostoli fecit; qui etiam episcopis utriusque huius ecclesiae dona multa, sicut et Doruuernensis, obtulit, sed et territoria ac possessiones in usum eorum, qui erant cum episcopis, adiecit. |
| Translation |
After this race had accepted the word of truth through the preaching of Mellitus, King Æthelberht built the church of the apostle St. Paul in the city of London, in which Mellitus and his successors were to have their episcopal seat. Augustine consecrated Justus in Kent itself, in the city of Dorubrevis which the English call Hrofæscæstræ (Rochester), after one of their former chiefs whose name was Hrof. It is about twenty-four miles west of Canterbury and in it King Æthelberht built the church of the apostle of St. Andrew; he later bestowed many gifts on the bishops of each of these churches and that of Canterbury; and he also added both lands and possessions for the maintenance of the bishops' retinues. (Translation: Colgrave/Mynors, Oxford Medieval Texts, p. 143) |
| Quotation source |
ii.3 (p. 300) |
| Temporal Coverage |
604 - 604 |
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