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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_39546" /> == | |||
<p> | <p> king of Kent, was born A.D. 546 or 552, and succeeded to the throne about A.D. 560 (?). [[About]] A.D. 590 he was acknowledged as Braetwalda (president of the Heptarchy). [[In]] 570 he married Bertha, a Christian, and daughter of Charibert, a [[Frankish]] king. It had been agreed before her marriage that she should be allowed to enjoy her own religion. The most important event of his reign was the introduction of [[Christianity]] into his kingdom by Augustine, who landed in [[Kent]] in 596. (See [[Augustine]]) (volume 1, page 544). In 597 the king himself was baptized. [[He]] founded the bishopric of Rochester, and, with his nephew Sebert, king of Essex, erected the church of St. Paul's in London. [[Ethelbert]] died in 616. — Maclear, [[Christian]] [[Missions]] during the [[Middle]] [[Ages]] (1863), chapter 5; Collier, [[Ecclesiastical]] [[History]] of [[Great]] Britain, 1:156 sq. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72995" /> == | |||
<p> A king of Kent, in whose reign [[Christianity]] was introduced by St. [[Augustin]] and a band of missionaries in 597; drew up the first [[Saxon]] law code (552-616). </p> | |||
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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
king of Kent, was born A.D. 546 or 552, and succeeded to the throne about A.D. 560 (?). About A.D. 590 he was acknowledged as Braetwalda (president of the Heptarchy). In 570 he married Bertha, a Christian, and daughter of Charibert, a Frankish king. It had been agreed before her marriage that she should be allowed to enjoy her own religion. The most important event of his reign was the introduction of Christianity into his kingdom by Augustine, who landed in Kent in 596. (See Augustine) (volume 1, page 544). In 597 the king himself was baptized. He founded the bishopric of Rochester, and, with his nephew Sebert, king of Essex, erected the church of St. Paul's in London. Ethelbert died in 616. — Maclear, Christian Missions during the Middle Ages (1863), chapter 5; Collier, Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, 1:156 sq.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A king of Kent, in whose reign Christianity was introduced by St. Augustin and a band of missionaries in 597; drew up the first Saxon law code (552-616).
