CHAPTER V.

THE CHURCHES OF CUMBRIA AND LOTHIAN.

A.D. 573. Battle of Ardderyd. Rydderch Hael becomes king of Strathclyde 179 Oldest account of birth of Kentigern 180 Jocelyn’s account of his birth 181 Anachronism in connecting St. Servanus with St. Kentigern 184 Earlier notices of Kentigern 185 Kentigern driven to Wales 186 Kentigern founds the monastery of Llanelwy in Wales 188 A.D. 573. Rydderch Hael becomes king of Cumbria and recalls Kentigern 190 Kentigern fixes his see first at Hoddam 191 Mission of Kentigern in Galloway, Alban, and Orkneys 192 Meeting of Kentigern and Columba 194 Death of Kentigern 196 A.D. 627. Conversion of the Angles to Christianity 198 The Monasteries in Lothian 200 Saint Cudberct or Cuthbert 201 Irish Life of St. Cuthbert 203 A.D. 651-661. Cudberct’s life in the monastery of Melrose 206 A.D. 661. Cudberct becomes prior of Melrose 208 A.D. 664. Cudberct goes to Lindisfarne 209 A.D. 669-678. St. Wilfrid, bishop over all the dominions of King Osuiu, and founds church of Hexham, which he dedicates to St. Andrew 210 A.D. 670. Cudberct withdraws to the Farne island 211 A.D. 684. Cudberct becomes bishop of Lindisfarne 213 A.D. 686. Cudberct resigns the bishopric and retires to Farne island 214 A.D. 687. Death of Cudberct 214 A.D. 698. Relics of Cudberct enshrined 218 A.D. 688. Strathclyde Britons conform to Rome 219 A.D. 705-709. Wilfrid founds chapels at Hexham, dedicated to St. Michael and St. Mary 220 A.D. 709-731. Relics of St. Andrew brought to Hexham by Acca 222 Monastery of Balthere at Tyninghame 223 Anglic bishopric of Whithern, founded about A.D. 730, and comes to an end about A.D. 803 224