Index

Aaron, British Martyr, 18.

Aaron, High Priest, 361.

“Abbots, Anonymous History of the,” editorial references to, xxxv, 257 n., 389 n.;

and see Bede.

Abercorn or Aebbercurnig, Monastery of, xxix, 286.

Abraham's Oak, 342.

Abraham's Tomb, 341.

Acca, friend of Bede, afterwards Bishop of Hexham, in succession to Wilfrid, xxx, 161, 248, 357, 358, 379 n., 381;

his attachment to Wilfrid, 161, 355, 358;

driven from his see, 161, 390;

his good works, musical gifts and learning, 358;

educated by Bosa, 358.

Acha, sister of Edwin, wife of Ethelfrid, and mother of Oswald, 147, 383 n.

Acts of the Apostles, quoted, 11, 197, 304, 335, 371.

“Adalbert, Life of,” editorial reference to, 143 n.

Adam, 130, 341 n.;

his tomb, 341.

Adamnan, Abbot of Iona, 140 n., 285 n.;

his work on the Holy Places (“De Locis Sanctis”), xxii, xxx, 337, 338;

his “Life of St. Columba,” 336 n.;

his missions to King Aldfrid, 336, 372;

converts the Irish to the Catholic Easter and ecclesiastical tonsure, 336, 337, 372, 373;

his death, 337;

receives Arculf, 338;

return to Ireland, 373.

Adamnan, Monk of Coldingham, foretells the burning of Coldingham Monastery, xxix, 283, 284;

his vision, 281, 283, 284;

his penitence, 282, 283;

his austerity, 281, 282, 283.

Ad Barvae, or At the Wood, Monastery of, 219, 231.

Adda, Northumbrian priest, xxvii, 180, 181.

Addi, a thegn, 308.

Adeodatus, 179 n.

Adgefrin, see Yeavering.

Adtuifyrdi, see Twyford.

Adulwald, see Eadbald.

Aebba, Abbess of Coldingham, half-sister of Oswy, 260, 283, 284;

account of, 260 n.;

her name, 260 n.;

founds the monasteries of Ebchester and Coldingham, 260 n.;

her friendship for Cuthbert, 260 n.;

intercedes for Wilfrid, 260 n., 352 n.;

her death, 284.

Aebbercurnig, see Abercorn.

Aecci, Bishop of Dunwich, 231.

Aedan, King of Scots, defeated by Ethelfrid, 73, 74.

Aedgils, fellow priest of Bede, 284.

Aelfric (“Grammaticus”) editorial reference to, 288 n.

Aelfric, father of Osric, 134, 164 n.

Aelfwine, brother of Egfrid, 267, 385.

Aelli, King of Deira, 73, 83;

Gregory's pun on his name, 83.

Aelli, King of Sussex, first Bretwalda, 94, 245 n.

Aenhere, King of the Hwiccas, 246.

Aescwine, Sub-king of Wessex, 241 n.

Aesica, a little boy dedicated to religion, xxxiii, 234.

Aetherius, Archbishop of Lyons, 44, 49, 63.

Aetius, the Consul, 26, 27;

put to death by Valentinian, 27, 41.

Aetla, Bishop of Dorchester, 272, 273.

Aetswinapathe, see Ouestraefelda.

Africa, Churches of, 196.

Agabus, the prophet, 11.

Agatha, St., 265.

Agatho, Pope, 254 n.;

sends John the precentor to report on the English Church, 257, 258, 259;

holds a Synod against the Monothelites, 352;

tries Wilfrid's cause, 352, 353, 354.

Agatho, a priest, companion of Agilbert, 195.

Agilbert, missionary to the West Saxons, Bishop of Dorchester, 147, 148, 149, 194, 241;

offended by Coinwalch, returns to Gaul, 150;

made Bishop of Paris, 150, 350;

refuses to return to England, and sends Leutherius in his place, 150, 151;

at the Whitby Synod, 195, 196, 201;

his ignorance of English, 196;

entertains Theodore, 215;

consecrates Wilfrid, 206, 350.

Agnes, St., 54 n., 265.

Agricola, 11 n.

Agricola, son of Severianus, a Pelagian, 32.

Aidan, Monk of Iona, Abbot and Bishop of Lindisfarne, xxv, xxvi, 4 n., 139 n., 140, 201, 347 n.;

Bede's admiration for, xxxix;

his mission to Northumbria, 138, 144, 146, 376;

his life, 144, 146;

ordination, 144;

his character, 138, 144, 145, 170, 171;

his doctrine, 144, 145;

his good example, 144, 145;

his rebuke to Corman, 145;

gives his horse to a beggar, 165;

his friendship for Oswin, 165, 166;

death, 166, 169, 192, 288 n., 384;

his prevision of Oswin's death, 166;

foretells and calms a storm, 166, 167;

his miracles, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170;

at Farne, 168;

saves Bamborough from fire, 168;

his body translated to Lindisfarne, 169, 202;

his observance of Easter, 170, 171, 193;

his disciples, 202, 208;

his rule, 290;

persuades Hilda to return to Northumbria, 271;

consecrates Heiu as a nun, 271.

Aire, the River, 189 n.

Akeburgh (perhaps Jacobsburgh), 132 n.

Alani, the, 22, 41.