XVII. How a prop of the church on which Bishop Aidan was leaning when he died, could not be consumed when the rest of the Church was on fire; and concerning his inward life. [651 A. D.]

XVIII. Of the life and death of the religious King Sigbert [Circ. 631 A.D.]

XIX. How Fursa built a monastery among the East Angles, and of his visions and sanctity, to

XX. How, when Honorius died, Deusdedit became Archbishop of Canterbury; and of those who

XXI. How the province of the Midland Angles became Christian under King Peada. [653 A.D.]

XXII. How under King Sigbert, through the preaching of Cedd, the East Saxons again received the faith, which they had before cast off [653 A.D.]

XXIII. How Bishop Cedd, having a place for building a monastery given him by King Etheiwald, consecrated it to the Lord with prayer and fasting; and concerning his death. [659-664 A. D.]

XXIV. How when King Penda was slain, the province of the Mercians received the faith of Christ,

XXV. How the question arose about the due time of keeping Easter, with those that came out of Scotland. [664 A.D.]

XXVI. How Colman, being worsted, returned home, and Tuda succeeded him in the bishopric, and

XXVII. How Egbert, a holy man of the English nation, led a monastic life in Ireland. [664 A.D.]

XXVIII. How, when Tuda was dead, Wilfried was ordained [664 A.D.]

XXIX. How the priest Wighard was sent from Britain to Rome, to be ordained archbishop; of his death there, and of the letters of the Apostolic Pope giving an account thereof. [667 A.D.]

XXX. How the East Saxons, during a pestilence, returned to idolatry, but were soon brought back from their error by the zeal of Bishop Jaruman. [665 A.D.]

Book IV

I. How when Deusdedit died, Wigihard was sent to Rome to receive the episcopate; but he dying

II. How Theodore visited all places; how the Churches of the English began to be instructed in the study of holy Scripture and in the catholic truth [669 A.D.]

III. How the above-mentioned Ceadda was made Bishop of the province of Mercians. Of his life, death, and burial. [669 A.D.]

IV. How Bishop Colman, having left Britain, built two monasteries in the country of the Scots; the

V. Of the death of the kings Oswy and Eghert, and of the synod held at the place Herutford, in

VI. How Wynfrid being deposed, Sexwulf received his bishopric, and Earconwald was made

VII. How it was indicated by a light from heaven where the bodies of the nuns should be buried in

VIII. How a little boy, dying in the same monastery, called upon a virgin that was to follow him; and

IX. Of the signs which were shown from Heaven when the mother of that community departed this life. [675 A.D.?]

X. How a blind woman, praying in the burial-place of that monastery, was restored to her sight. [675 A.D.?]

XI. How Sebbi, king of the same province, ended his life in a monastery. [694 A.D.]

XII. How Haedde succeeded Leutherius in the bishopric of the West Saxons; how Cuichelm

XIII. How Bishop Wilfrid converted the province of the South Saxons to Christ. [681 A.D.]

XIV. How a pestilence ceased through the intercession of King Oswald. [681-686 A.D.]

XV. How King Caedwalla, king of the Gewissae, having slain Ethelwalch, wasted that Province

XVI. How the Isle of Wight received Christian inhabitants, and two royal youths of that island were

XVII. Of the Synod held in the plain of Haethfelth, Archbishop Theodore being president. [680 A.D.]

XVIII. Of John, the precentor of the Apostolic see, who came into Britain to teach. [680 A. D.]

XIX. How Queen Ethelthryth always preserved her virginity, and her body suffered no corruption

XX. A Hymn concerning her.

XXI. How Bishop Theodore made peace between the kings Egfrid and Etheired. [679 A. D.]

XXII. How a certain captive’s chains fell off when Masses were sung for Him. [679 A. D.]

XXIII. Of the life and death of the Abbess Hilda. [614-680 A.D.]

XXIV. That there was in her monastery a brother, on whom a gift of song was bestowed by Heaven. [680 A.D.]

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