Other Figures — Minor Figures
81 figures from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Anatolius
holy, learned, and commendable man · first appears Book III · Chap. XXV · part 2
- Book III · Chap. XXV · part 2 · with Wilfrid “It is evident,” said Wilfrid, “that Anatolius was a most holy, learned, and commendable man;”
Eddi
teacher of singing · first appears Book IV · Chap. II
- Book IV · Chap. II · with Wilfrid “And, excepting James, of whom we have spoken above, the first teacher of singing in the churches of the Northumbrians was Eddi, surnamed Stephen, invited from Kent by the most reverend Wilfrid, who was the first of the bishops of the English nation that learned to deliver to the churches of the English the Catholic manner of life.”
Hiddila
priest · first appears Book IV · Chap. XVI
- Book IV · Chap. XVI · with Wilfrid “The part which he received, he committed to one of his clerks called Bernwin, who was his sister’s son, assigning to him a priest, whose name was Hiddila, to administer the Word and laver of life to all that would be saved.”
- Book IV · Chap. XVI · with Bernwin “The part which he received, he committed to one of his clerks called Bernwin, who was his sister’s son, assigning to him a priest, whose name was Hiddila, to administer the Word and laver of life to all that would be saved.”
Michael
archangel · first appears Book V · Chap. XIX · part 2
- Book V · Chap. XIX · part 2 · with Wilfrid “I am sent to call you back from death: for the Lord has granted you life, through the prayers and tears of your disciples and brethren, and the intercession of His Blessed Mother Mary, of perpetual virginity; wherefore I tell you, that you shall now recover from this sickness; but be ready, for I will return and visit you at the end of four years.”
Suidbert
bishop · first appears Book V · Chap. XI
- Book V · Chap. XI · sworn: Wilfrid “He, being sent into Britain, was consecrated, at their request, by the most reverend Bishop Wilfrid, who, having been driven out of his country, chanced then to be living in banishment among the Mercians;”
- Book V · Chap. XI · patron: Pippin “the bishop himself with certain others went to Pippin, who, at the request of his wife, Blithryda, gave him a place of abode in a certain island on the Rhine, called in their tongue, Inlitore;”
Gebmund
bishop of Rochester · first appears Book IV · Chap. XII
- Book IV · Chap. XII · sworn: Theodore “Gebmund was put in his place by Theodore.”
Haedde
bishop · first appears Book IV · Chap. XII
- Book IV · Chap. XII · sworn: Theodore “Haedde succeeded him in the bishopric, having been consecrated by Theodore, in the city of London.”