III. How St. Augustine made Mellitus and Justus bishops; and of his death. [604 A.D.]

IV. How Laurentius and his bishops admonished the Scots to observe the unity of the Holy Church, particularly in keeping of Easter, and how Mellitus went to Rome.

V. How, after the death of the kings Ethelbert and Sabert, their successors restored idolatry; for which reason, both Mellitus and Justus departed out of Britain. [616 A.D.]

VI. How Laurentius, being reproved by the Apostle Peter, converted King Eadbald to Christ; and how the king soon recalled Mellitus and Justus to preach the Word. [617-618A.D.]

VII. How Bishop Mellitus by prayer quenched afire in his city. [619 AD.]

VIII. How Pope Boniface sent the Pall and a letter to Justus, successor to Mellitus

IX. Of the reign of King Edwin, and how Paulinus, coming to preach the Gospel, first converted his daughter and others to the mysteries of the faith of Christ. [625-626 A.D.]

X. How Pope Boniface, by letter, exhorted the same king to embrace the faith. [Circ. 625 A.D.]

XI . How Pope Boniface advised the king’s consort to use her best endeavours for his salvation

XII. How Edwin was persuaded to believe by a vision which he had once seen when he was in exile. [Circ. 616 A.D.]

XIII. Of the Council he held with his chief men concerning their reception of the faith of Christ, and how the high priest profaned his own altars. [627 A.D.]

XIV. How King Edwin and his nation became Christians; and where Paulinus baptized them

XV. How the province of the East Angles received the faith of Christ. [627-628 A.D.]

XVI. How Paulinus preached in the province of Lindsey; and of thc character of the reign of Edwin. [Circ. 628 A.D.]

XVII. How Edwin received letters of exhortation from Pope Honorius, who also sent the pall to Paulinus. [634 A.D.]

XVIII. How Honorius, who succeeded Justus in the bishopric of Canterbury, received the pall and letters from Pope Honorius. [634 A.D.]

XIX. How the aforesaid Honorius first, and afterwards John, wrote letters to the nation of the Scots, concerning the observance of Easter, and the Pelagian heresy. [640 A.D.]

XX. How Edwin being slain, Paulinus returned into Kent, and had the bishopric of Rochester conferred upon him. [633 A.D.]

Book III

I. How King Edwin’s next successors lost both the faith of their nation and the kingdom; but the most Christian King Oswald retrieved both. [633 A.D.]

II. How, among innumerable other miracles of healing wrought by the wood of the cross, which King Oswald, being ready to engage against the barbarians, erected, a certain man had his injured arm healed. [634 A.D.]

III. How the same King Oswald, asking a bishop of the Scottish nation, had Aidan sent him, and granted him an episcopal see in the Isle of Lindisfarne. [635A.D.]

IV. When the nation of the Picts received the faith of Christ. [565 A.D.]

V. Of the life of Bishop Aidan. [635 A.D.]

VI. Of King Oswald’s wonderful piety and religion. [635-642 A.D.]

VII. How the West Saxons received the Word of God by the preaching of Birinus; and of his successors, Agilbert and Leutherius. [635-670 A. D.]

VIII. How Earconbert, King of Kent, ordered the idols to be destroyed, and of his daughter Earcongota, and his kinswoman Ethelberg, virgins consecrated to God. [640 A.D.]

IX. How miracles of healing have been frequently wrought in the place where King Oswald was

X. How the dust of that place prevailed against fire. [After 642 A.D.]

XI. How a light from Heaven stood all night over his relics, and how those possessed with devils were healed by them. [679-697 A.D.]

XII. How a little boy was cured of a fever at his tomb.

XIII. How a certain person in Ireland was restored, when at the point of death, by his relics.

XIV. How on the death of Paulinus, Ithamar was made Bishop of Rochester in his stead; and of the

XV. How Bishop Aidan foretold to certain seamen that a storm would arise, and gave them some

XVI. How the same Aidan, by his prayers, saved the royal city when it was fired by the enemy. [Before 651 A.D.]

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