Christian Church — Minor Figures
10 figures from The History of the Kings of Britain who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Mary
mother of God · first appears Book IX 4–6
- Book IX 4–6 · with Arthur “upon which the picture of the blessed Mary, mother of God, was painted, in order to put him frequently in mind of her.”
Dinooth
abbat · first appears Book XI 4–12
- Book XI 4–12 · with Augustine “The name of their abbat was Dinooth, a man admirably skilled in the liberal arts; who, when Augustine required the subjection of the British bishops, and would have persuaded them to undertake the work of the gospel with him among the Angles, answered him with several arguments, that they owed no subjection to him, neither would they preach to their enemies;”
- Book XI 13 · enemies with Ethelfrid “Ethelbert, king of Kent, when he saw that the Britons disdained subjection to Augustine, and despised his preaching, was highly provoked, and stirred up Ethelfrid, king of the Northumbrians, and the other petty kings of the Saxons, to raise a great army, and march to the city of Bangor, to destroy the abbat Dinooth, and the rest of the clergy who held them in contempt.”
St. Germanus
bishop of Auxerre · first appears Book VI 12–14
- Book VI 12–14 · with Gildas “Gildas has in his elegant treatise given an account of the many miracles God wrought by them.”
- Book VI 12–14 · with Vortimer “Vortimer, after this great success, began to restore his subjects to their possessions which had been taken from them, and to show them all marks of his affection and esteem, and at the instance of St. Germanus to rebuild their churches.”
Duvanus
doctor · first appears Book IV 17–20
- Book IV 17–20 · pupil: Lucius “For that holy pope, upon receipt of this devout petition, sent to him two most religious doctors, Faganus and Duvanus, who, after they had preached concerning the incarnation of the Word of God, administered baptism to him, and made him a proselyte to the Christian faith.”
Faganus
doctor · first appears Book IV 17–20
- Book IV 17–20 · pupil: Lucius “For that holy pope, upon receipt of this devout petition, sent to him two most religious doctors, Faganus and Duvanus, who, after they had preached concerning the incarnation of the Word of God, administered baptism to him, and made him a proselyte to the Christian faith.”
Saint Gregory
pope · first appears Book XI 4–12
- Book XI 4–12 · with Augustine “In the meantime Augustine was sent by pope Saint Gregory into Britain, to preach the word of God to the Angles, who, being blinded with pagan superstition, had entirely extinguished Christianity in that part of the island which they possessed.”
- Book XI 4–12 · patron: Augustine “In the meantime Augustine was sent by pope Saint Gregory into Britain, to preach the word of God to the Angles”
Lupus
bishop of Troyes · first appears Book VI 12–14
- Book VI 12–14 · with Gildas “Gildas has in his elegant treatise given an account of the many miracles God wrought by them.”
Amphibalus
confessor · first appears Book V 4–7
- Book V 4–7 · with Alban of Verulam “Of these, Alban, out of the fervour of his charity, when his confessor, Amphibalus, was pursued by the persecutors, and just ready to be apprehended, first hid him in his house, and then offered himself to die for him; imitating in this Christ himself, who laid down his life for his sheep.”
Peter
apostle · first appears Book IV 13–16
- Book IV 13–16 · with Mark “and sent Mark, the evangelist, into Egypt to preach the gospel which he had written”
Mark
evangelist · first appears Book IV 13–16
- Book IV 13–16 · with Peter “and sent Mark, the evangelist, into Egypt to preach the gospel which he had written”
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Extracted from the original text of The History of the Kings of Britain. Made with Rho MD.