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Can you name the famous Anglo-Saxons who lived before 750 A.D.?
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Bishop of Hexham
c. 660 – c. 740
Founder of monasteries at Wearmouth and Jarrow
c. 628 - 690
King of East Anglia, probable honoree of the Sutton Hoo burial
d. c. 624
Greek monk sent to be Archbishop of Canterbury
602 – 690
Sainted bishop from Lindisfarne whose feet were dried by otters
c. 634 – 687
Celtic bishop who founded monastery at Lindisfarne
d. 651
Bishop of York who argued the Roman cause at Whitby
d. c. 709
Abbot of Wearmouth-Jarrow, leader of the Codex Amiatinus project
642 - 716
King of Kent, first English king to convert to Christianity
c. 560 – 616
Missionary saint from Rome
d. 604
Bishop of Lindisfarne who had famous saint's relics elevated
d. 698
King of Mercia who greatly expanded Mercian power
d. 655
Author of the 'Ecclesiastical History'
673 - 735
King of Northumbria, quarreled with the Bishop of York, first Northumbrian king to issue a silver penny
c. 645– 685
King of Wessex who abdicated his throne and died in Rome
c. 659 – 689
Master of music and writing at Wearmouth-Jarrow
d. 690
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Queen of Northumbria and Abbess of Ely
c. 636 - 679
North African abbot of Canterbury
d. 710
Queen of Kent and Abbess of Ely
d. c. 699
King of Northumbria who summoned Synod of Whitby
c. 612 - 670
Founding abbess of Whitby, presided over Synod of Whitby
c. 614–680
Roman missionary, first bishop of York
d. 644
Bishop of Lindisfarne who argued the Celtic cause at Whitby
c. 605 – 675
Saint, 'Apostle to the Frisians'
c. 658 – 739
King of Northumbria who promoted Hiberno-Saxon culture
d. c. 704
Bishop of Mercia and Northumbria, did missionary work in Ireland with his brother Cedd
d. 672
Sainted king of Northumbria who promoted Christianity and reunited Bernicia and Deira
c. 604 – 642
Bishop of Lindisfarne and scribe/artist of the Lindisfarne Gospels
d. 721
King of Northumbria who abdicated his throne; the 'Ecclesiastical History' is dedicated to him
r. 729 - 737
Herdsman from Whitby who composed hymns in English
third quarter of the 7th c.
King of Deira and Bernicia, converted to Christianity at behest of his wife and her bishop
c. 586 – c. 632
Kentish princess who helped convert her Northumbrian husband to Christianity
c. late sixth century - 647
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