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OSWALD (c. 605642) , king of Northumbria, was one of the sons of IEthelfrith and was expelled from Northumbria on the accession of Edwin, though he himself was a son of Edwin's sister Acha. He appears to have spent some of his exile in Iona, where he was instructed in the principles of Christianity.In 634 he defeated and slew the British king Ceadwalla at a place called by Bede Denisesburn, near Hefenfelth, which has been identified with St Oswald
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In 635 he sent to the elders of the Scots for a bishop. On the arrival of Aidan in answer to this request he assigned to him the island of Lindisfarne as his see, near the royal city of Barn-borough. He also completed the minster of St Peter at York
See Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica, ed. C. Plummer (Oxford, 1896), ii. 5, 14, 20; iii. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9-14; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, ed. J. Earle and C. Plummer (Oxford, 1899), s.a., 617, 634, 635, 642, 654.End of Article: OSWALD (c. 605642) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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