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The next early medieval source to discuss Romano-British Christianity was the ninth-century Historia Brittonum, later attributed—perhaps mistakenly—to the Welsh monk Nennius. [64] In the high and later Middle Ages, historical accounts continued to be produced which discussed the establishment of Christianity in Roman Britain. [64]
The first archaeological evidence and credible records showing a community large enough to maintain churches and bishops date to the 3rd and 4th centuries. These more formal organisational structures arose from materially modest beginnings: the British delegation to the 353 Council of Ariminum had to beg for financial assistance from its ...
The second book begins with the death of Gregory the Great in 604, and follows the further progress of Christianity in Kent and the first attempts to evangelise Northumbria. [4] These encountered a setback when Penda, the pagan king of Mercia, killed the newly Christian Edwin of Northumbria at the Battle of Hatfield Chase in about 632. [4]
Alban, the first British Christian martyr and by far the most prominent, is believed to have died in the early 4th century (some date him in the middle 3rd century), followed by Saints Julius and Aaron of Isca Augusta. Christianity was legalised in the Roman Empire by Constantine I in 313.
[44] [45] Consistent with this, Bede records that Eadbald's repudiation of Christianity was a severe setback to the growth of the Church in England. [46] He further claims that Eadbald was divinely punished for his faithlessness, describing him as suffering from "frequent fits of madness" and being possessed by an "unclean spirit" that Barbara ...
Eventually, the position of the Roman authorities on Christianity moved from hostility to toleration with the Edict of Milan in 313 AD, and then enforcement as state religion following the Edict of Thessalonica in 380 AD, becoming a key component of Romano-British culture and society. Records note that Romano-British bishops, such as Restitutus ...
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360 Julian the Apostate becomes the last non-Christian Roman Emperor; 363–364 Council of Laodicea: Canon 29 decreed anathema for Christians who rest on the Sabbath, disputed Canon 60 named 26 NT books (excluded Revelation) 366–367 Antipope Ursicinus, rival to Pope Damasus I; 367–403 Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis, wrote Panarion against ...