Cearl, King of Mercia, 119.
Ceaulin, see Caelin.
Cecilia, St., 265, 324.
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Cedd, afterwards Bishop of Essex, xxvii, 3, 183, 206 n., 207, 208;
his mission to Mid-Anglia, 180, 181;
reconverts the East Saxons, 182, 183;
excommunicates a “gesith” for his unlawful marriage, 184;
rebukes King Sigbert and prophecies his death, 184;
baptizes King Suidhelm, 184, 185;
visits Northumbria, 185;
his self-imposed discipline, 186;
founds the monastery of Lastingham, 185, 186;
his brothers, 185, 186, 187;
his death, 185, 186;
burial, 186, 187;
trained at Lindisfarne, 186;
posthumous miracle, 187;
at Whitby, 195;
forsakes the Celtic Easter, 201;
his spirit appears at the time of Ceadda's death, 224.
Celestine, or Celestinus, Pope, sends Palladius to the Irish, 27, 33 n., 382, 383.
Celtic Churches, xxiii, xxiv, xxx, xxxi;
and see British Church, Irish Church.
Celtic Missions, xxv, xxvi, xxx, 139 n.
“Celtic Scotland,” Skene's, see Skene.
Celts, 7 n.;
their observance of Easter, 84 n., 87;
and see Easter Controversy.
Centwine, sub-king of Wessex, 241 n., 352 n.;
his wife, 352 n.
Ceolfrid, Abbot of Wearmouth and Jarrow, xxx, xxxiv, xxxv, 387, 389;
educates Bede, xxxiii, 386;
enlarges the library of Wearmouth and Jarrow, xxxv;
Pope Sergius' letter to, xxxvi;
account of, 257;
sends builders to Naiton, King of the Picts, 359;
his letter to Naiton (said to be written by Bede), 360-374.
Ceollach, Bishop of Mid-Anglia and Mercia, 181, 191.
Ceolred, King of Mercia, son of Ethelred, succeeds Coinred, 346;
his bad character, 346 n.;
his death, 346 n., 380 n., 386;
his enmity to Ethelbald, 380 n.
Ceolwulf, King of Northumbria, brother of Coenred, succeeds Osric, xxxi, 375 n., 381;
“Ecclesiastical History” dedicated to, xxii, 1;
account of, 1;
taken prisoner, tonsured, and sent back to his kingdom, 390;
leaves the kingdom to Eadbert, 391.
Cerdic, British King, 274.
Cerot, Island of, 232.
Cerotaesei, see Chertsey.
Chad, St., see Ceadda.
Chalcedon, 265 n.;
council of, 228 n., 254 n.
Chaldeans, the, 31.
Charibert, King of Paris, 46 n., 132 n.
Charles Martel, King of the Franks, defeats the Saracens, 378;
supports Boniface's mission, 392 n.;
death, 391.
Charybdis, 365.
Chauci, the, 317 n.
Chelles, or Cale, monastery of, 152, 271, 349 n.
Chepstow, 84 n.
Chertsey, Cerotaesei, or the Island of Cerot, monastery of, xxviii, 232.
Cherusci, the, 317 n.
Cheshire, 204 n.
Chester, Carlegion, City of Legions, or Legacaestir, 18 n.;
Battle of, xxiv, 87, 88.
Chester-le-Street, or Cunungaceaster, 295 n., 325 n.
Chichester, 246 n., 247 n.
Childebert, King of Austrasia and Burgundy, 49 n.
Chilperic, King of Neustria, brother of Charibert, 132 n.
Chosroes II, King of Persia, 340 n.
Chrism, 87 n.
Christ Church Cathedral, Canterbury, 72.
Christians, persecuted under Diocletian [pg 406] and Maximian, 14-19;
under Nero, 14.
Christmas, 206.
“Chronological Recapitulation of the whole Work,” 382, et seq.
Church Furniture, 65;
Music, 133, 358, 386.
“Church Historians,” see Stevenson.
Churches of Wood, 170, 192, 360;
of stone, 192, 359;
covered with lead, 192.
Cilicia, 214.
City of Legions, see Caerleon and Chester.
Claudius, Emperor, invades Britain and conquers the Orkneys, 11, 382.
Clement, St., 91.
Clement, name given to Wilbrord, 179 n., 324.
Clergy, rules for, 50, 229.
Cliff-at-Hoe, Clofeshoch, or Clovesho, 229 n., 255 n.
Clonard, 140 n.
Clonard, Abbot of, see Colman or Columbanus.
Clothaire III, King of Neustria, 206, 215, 349 n.
Clothilde, wife of Clovis I, 152 n.
Clovesho, see Cliff-at-Hoe.
Clovis I, King of the Franks, 152 n.
Clovis II, King of Neustria, 152 n., 178, 349 n.
Clyde, or Cluith, the river, 24.
Cnobheresburg, or Cnobhere's Town, see Burgh Castle.
Coenred, or Coinred, King of Mercia after Ethelred, son of Wulfhere, xxx, 332, 356, 385;
his thegn's visions, 332, 333, 334;
gives up his throne and goes to Rome, 345, 346, 385;
becomes a monk, 345, 346;
reconciled to Wilfrid, 356.
Coenred, King of Northumbria, 375, 377, 378.
Coenwald, Theodore's representative at Wilfrid's trial, 352 n.
Coifi, a pagan priest converted to Christianity, 116, 117, 118.
Coinwalch, King of Wessex, son of Cynegils, xxvi, 149, 350 n.;
in exile in East Anglia, 149;
puts away his wife, Penda's sister, and marries another, 149;
restored to his kingdom, 149;
his relations with Agilbert, 149, 150;
death, 241.