Cynegils

Family: West Saxons · Role: king · First appears: Book III · Chap. VII

Life events

c. 633 · Birinus converted the West Saxons during Cynegils's reign.(Book III · Chap. VII · 📍 Britain)
- With: Birinus
- “At that time, the West Saxons, formerly called Gewissae, in the reign of Cynegils, received the faith of Christ, through the preaching of Bishop Birinus, who came into Britain”
c. 633 · Cynegils was baptized with his people in Oswald's presence.(Book III · Chap. VII)
- With: Oswald
- “when the king himself, having received instruction as a catechumen, was being baptized together with his people, Oswald, the most holy and victorious king of the Northumbrians, being present”
c. 633 · Cynegils and Oswald gave Dorcic to Birinus for his episcopal see.(Book III · Chap. VII · 📍 Dorcic)
- With: Oswald Birinus
- “The two kings gave to the bishop the city called Dorcic, there to establish his episcopal see”

mentor: Birinus “Now, as he was spreading the Gospel in the aforesaid province, it happened that when the king himself, having received instruction as a catechumen, was being baptized together with his people”
parent: Oswald (The adopted son is the king identified earlier as Cynegils.) “first adopted as his son, thus born again and dedicated to God, the man whose daughter he was about to receive in marriage”
protégé: Birinus “The two kings gave to the bishop the city called Dorcic, there to establish his episcopal see”
child: Coinwalch “When the king died, his son Coinwalch succeeded him on the throne”

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