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Wednesday, May 3, 2023
The Spanish Come to Ireland
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The 9th century Historia Brittonum (History of the Britons) tells of three invasions of Ireland from the Iberian Peninsula. The Partholón ...
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Geoffrey of Monmouth
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Geoffrey of Monmouth may have been born in Monmouth, Wales, since he refers to himself that way (in Latin, he writes it "Galfridus Mone...
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Germanus of Auxerre, Part 2
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After Germanus defeated the Pelagians in Briton (through sheer force of his rhetorical skills, apparently, having studied eloquence and havi...
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Lindisfarne
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In 635 CE, St. Aidan (c.?-651) was sent from the monastery on the island of Iona by King Oswald to re-Christianize England. He chose to foun...
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