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    together with his kinsman Ecgric, re-establishing Christianity. King Penda of Mercia besieges Exeter in southwest England. King Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd...
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  • 655 when King Penda was slain in the Battle of the Winwaed and Mercia became officially Christian for the first time. The death of Penda also allowed Cenwalh...
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    to evangelise Northumbria. These encountered a setback when Penda, the pagan king of Mercia, killed the newly Christian Edwin of Northumbria at the Battle...
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    Le epigrafi romane di Canosa, Volume 1, Edipuglia srl, 1990, pp. 261, 264.; Ciro Santoro, "Per la nuova iscrizione messapica di Oria", La Zagaglia, A...
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    Italian Tavola Ritonda, the lady of the island of Avalon (dama dell'isola di Vallone, likely the same as the Lady of Avalon from the Propheties) is a fairy...
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    ISBN 0815323034. Retrieved 23 May 2020. Ragusoni, Silvia (n.d.). "Il Ritorno di Myrddin di Sthephen [sic] Lawhead". Myrddin (in Italian). Retrieved 23 May 2020...
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    been fought at Oswestry in 641 or 642, between the Anglo-Saxon kings Penda of Mercia and Oswald of Northumbria. However, the location of the battle is debated...
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    "Il padre di Ambrogio", Helikon 13–14, 1973–1974, 111–117. Mazzarino, S., "Storia sociale del vescovo Ambrogio", Problemi e ricerche di storia antica...
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    of Avalon (Dama di Isola do Vallone). The others who have learned sorcery from Merlin include the Wise Damsel in the Italian Historia di Merlino, and the...
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    claim to the throne. He defeated the combined forces of Cadwallon and Penda of Mercia at the Battle of Heavenfield. In 634, Oswald, who had spent time in...
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  • (c.693–725) Mercia (complete list – Creoda, King (c.585–593) Pybba, King (c.593–606/615) Cearl, King (?–c.626) Eowa, King (c.626–642) Penda, King (c.626–655)...
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  • days remain until the end of the year. 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. 1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss...
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    religious traditions, unlike other medieval European kings such as Penda of Mercia or Widukind, but on Christian sacred scriptures (in particular, the...
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    settlement recorded in the 7th and 8th centuries as Iudeu, where King Penda of Mercia besieged King Oswy of Bernicia in 655. The area came under Pictish...
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  • together with his kinsman Ecgric, re-establishing Christianity. King Penda of Mercia besieges Exeter in southwest England. King Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd...
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  • King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance under Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon of Gwynedd. 1279 – The Nichiren Shōshū branch of Buddhism...
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  • Italy), wr. & actor Melania Mazzucco (b. 1966, Italy), screenwriter & nv. Penda Mbow (b. 1955, Senegal), historian & activist Rose Mbowa (1943–1999, Uganda)...
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