Biographia Britannica Literaria: Anglo-Saxon periodJ.W. Parker, 1842 - Anglo-Norman literature |
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... GILDAS . THE catalogue of Anglo - Saxon writers begins with a name of very doubtful authority , which is supposed to have been borne by one of that people whom the Anglo- Saxons had driven from their homes . The small district of ...
... GILDAS . THE catalogue of Anglo - Saxon writers begins with a name of very doubtful authority , which is supposed to have been borne by one of that people whom the Anglo- Saxons had driven from their homes . The small district of ...
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... Gildas preached every Sunday to a numerous congrega- tion in a church on the coast of Pembrokeshire , near the promontory which was then called Pepidiauc , but which has since ... Gildas was thus labouring in 116 [ Sixth Cent . GILDAS .
... Gildas preached every Sunday to a numerous congrega- tion in a church on the coast of Pembrokeshire , near the promontory which was then called Pepidiauc , but which has since ... Gildas was thus labouring in 116 [ Sixth Cent . GILDAS .
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... Gildas left Ireland on his return to England , bringing with him a wonderful bell , which he intended to carry as a present to the pope . On his way he made a visit to St. Cadoc , who was then living at Lancarvan , and who made several ...
... Gildas left Ireland on his return to England , bringing with him a wonderful bell , which he intended to carry as a present to the pope . On his way he made a visit to St. Cadoc , who was then living at Lancarvan , and who made several ...
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... Gildas ended his days in this monastery . But his own countrymen gave a very different version of the story . According to them , when Gildas arrived at Rome , and delivered his bell into the hands of the pope , the latter ordered him ...
... Gildas ended his days in this monastery . But his own countrymen gave a very different version of the story . According to them , when Gildas arrived at Rome , and delivered his bell into the hands of the pope , the latter ordered him ...
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... Gildas , as given by his two biographers , Caradoc of Lancarvan in the twelfth century , and an anonymous monk of the abbey of St. Gildas de Ruys who is said to have lived in the ele- venth . These outlines are in the original ...
... Gildas , as given by his two biographers , Caradoc of Lancarvan in the twelfth century , and an anonymous monk of the abbey of St. Gildas de Ruys who is said to have lived in the ele- venth . These outlines are in the original ...
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