Birinus
British bishop
6 dated entries naming Birinus, drawn from 6 separate years between 600 CE and 649 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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- 634Birinus, Frankish missionary, lands at the port of "Hamwic" (now in the St. Mary's area of Southampton), on his mission to reconvert the West Saxons in England. About this time, the St Mary's Church is founded.source
- 635Birinus, Frankish missionary, converts King Cynegils of Wessex and becomes the first Bishop of Dorchester.source
- 636Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester, converts Cwichelm (son of king Cynegils of Wessex) to Christianity. He dies soon afterward, and is supposedly buried at Scutchamer Knob, in East Hendred (South East England).source
- 648Cenwahl invites bishop Birinus to establish under his direction the Old Minster in Winchester. Together they have a small stone church built.source
- 649December 3 – Birinus, French-born Bishop of Dorchester in Wessex (b. c.600)source
Named in the same entries
- Cynegils of Wessex (2)
- Wessex (1)
- Southampton (1)
- Diocese of Winchester (1)