Sergius

Also known as: Pope Sergius · Family: Roman Church · Role: pope · First appears: Book V · Chap. VII

Life events

• 689 · Sergius baptized Caedwalla at Rome.(Book V · Chap. VII · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Caedwalla
  • “For coming to Rome, at the time that Sergius was pope, he was baptized on the Holy Saturday before Easter Day, in the year of our Lord 689”
• 689 · Sergius gave Caedwalla the name Peter.(Book V · Chap. VII · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Caedwalla
  • “At his baptism, the aforesaid pope had given him the name of Peter”
• 696 · Wilbrord obtained Sergius’s licence and blessing to preach the Gospel among the Frisian nations.(Book V · Chap. XI · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Wilbrord
  • “Having obtained his desire in all these matters, he returned to preach.”
• 696 · Sergius consecrated Wilbrord archbishop over the Frisian nation and named him Clement.(Book V · Chap. XI · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Wilbrord
  • “which was accordingly done, as he had made request, in the year of our Lord 696. He was consecrated in the church of the Holy Martyr Cecilia, on her festival; and the said pope gave him the name of Clement”

Book V · Chap. VII

• pupil: Caedwalla (Sergius baptized Caedwalla and gave him the name Peter.) “Sergius the Pope bade him be called Peter, himself his father, when he rose born anew from the font, and the grace of Christ, cleansing him, bore him forthwith clothed in white raiment to the heights of Heaven.”
• with Caedwalla (Sergius commanded that an epitaph be written on Caedwalla’s tomb.) “He was likewise buried in his church, and by the pope’s command an epitaph was written on his tomb”

Book V · Chap. XI

• liege: Wilbrord “Pippin, with the consent of them all, sent the venerable Wilbrord to Rome, where Sergius was still pope, desiring that he might be consecrated archbishop over the nation of the Frisians; which was accordingly done, as he had made request, in the year of our Lord 696.”
• with Wilbrord (interaction) “the said pope gave him the name of Clement, and forthwith sent him back to his bishopric, to wit, fourteen days after his arrival in the city.”
• with Wilbrord (Wilbrord sought Sergius's licence and blessing for his missionary work.) “he made haste to go to Rome, where Pope Sergius then presided over the Apostolic see, that he might undertake the desired work of preaching the Gospel to the nations, with his licence and blessing;”

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Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.