East Angles — Minor Figures
7 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.
Bisi
bishop · first appears Book IV · Chap. V
- Book IV · Chap. V · sworn: Theodore “for when Boniface died, after having been bishop seventeen years, he was ordained by Theodore and made bishop in his place.”
- Book IV · Chap. V · with Theodore “I, Theodore, albeit unworthy, appointed by the Apostolic see bishop of the church of Canterbury; our fellow priest and brother, the most reverend Bisi, bishop of the East Angles; and with us also our brother and fellow priest, Wilfrid, bishop of the nation of the Northumbrians, represented by his proxies. There were present also our brothers and fellow priests, Putta, bishop of the Kentish castle, called Rochester; Leutherius, bishop of the West Saxons, and Wynfrid, bishop of the province of the Mercians. When we were all met together, and had sat down in order, I said, ‘I beseech you, most dear brothers, for the fear and love of our Redeemer, that we may all treat in common on behalf of our faith; to the end that whatsoever has been decreed and defined by holy and approved fathers, may be inviolably observed by all of us.’ This and much more I spoke tending to charity and the preservation of the unity of the Church; and when I had ended my preface, I asked every one of them in order, whether they consented to observe the things that had been of old canonically decreed by the fathers?”
Heresuid
nun · first appears Book IV · Chap. XXIII
- Book IV · Chap. XXIII · siblings with Hilda “For her sister Heresuid, mother to Aldwulf, king of the East Angles, was at that time living in the same monastery, under regular discipline, waiting for an everlasting crown”
- Book IV · Chap. XXIII · child: Aldwulf “For her sister Heresuid, mother to Aldwulf, king of the East Angles, was at that time living in the same monastery, under regular discipline, waiting for an everlasting crown”
Eni
father of Anna · first appears Book III · Chap. XVIII
- Book III · Chap. XVIII · child: Anna “They were succeeded in the kingdom by Anna, the son of Eni, of the blood royal, a good man”
Ethelberg, daughter of Anna
abbess · first appears Book III · Chap. VIII
- Book III · Chap. VIII · parent: Anna “Among whom was also Saethryth, daughter of the wife of Anna, king of the East Angles, above mentioned; and Ethelberg, the king’s own daughter”
- Book III · Chap. VIII · younger kin: Earcongota “Her aunt also, Ethelberg, of whom we have spoken, preserved the glory, acceptable to God, of perpetual virginity”
Ethelwald
king · first appears Book III · Chap. XXII
- Book III · Chap. XXII · siblings with Anna “Ethelwald, king of the East Angles, brother to Anna, king of the same people”
- Book III · Chap. XXII · with Suidhelm “and Ethelwald, king of the East Angles, brother to Anna, king of the same people, received him as he came forth from the holy font.”
Tytilus
first appears Book II · Chap. XV
- Book II · Chap. XV · child: Redwald “The aforesaid King Redwald was noble by birth, though ignoble in his actions, being the son of Tytilus, whose father was Uuffa, from whom the kings of the East Angles are called Uuffings.”
- Book II · Chap. XV · parent: Uuffa “The aforesaid King Redwald was noble by birth, though ignoble in his actions, being the son of Tytilus, whose father was Uuffa, from whom the kings of the East Angles are called Uuffings.”
Uuffa
first appears Book II · Chap. XV
- Book II · Chap. XV · child: Tytilus “The aforesaid King Redwald was noble by birth, though ignoble in his actions, being the son of Tytilus, whose father was Uuffa, from whom the kings of the East Angles are called Uuffings.”
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Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.