Elfodd died 809 , also known as Elfoddw Latin Elbodugus or Elvodugus , was a Welsh bishop who induced the Welsh church to adopt the Roman method of determining the date of Easter . Elfodd appears to have been associated with the monastery at Holyhead on Anglesey as a young man, and must have still been comparatively young when in 768 he persuaded the Welsh church to come into line with Rome as regards the method of calculating the date of Easter. The annals Brut y Tywysogion state Eight years after that 768 Easter was moved for the Britons, and Elbodius the servant of God moved it. Elfodd s death is recorded under the year 809. Brut y Tywysogion describes him as archbishop or chief bishop of Gwynedd . Nennius , who says in the Historia Brittonum that he was the pupil of Elfodd, describes him as a most holy bishop and reveals that Elfodd was a student of the works of Bede . One later source states that he was consecrated as Bishop of Bangor in 755, but may not be reliable. References John Edward Lloyd A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest Longmans, Green & Co. Thomas Jones, ed. Brut y Tywysogion Peniarth MS. 20 version Cardiff University of Wales Press, 1952 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Elfodd ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British bishop DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 809 PLACE OF DEATH Category 809 deaths Category Bishops of Bangor Category 9th century bishops cy Elfodd es Elfodd ja sh Elfodd ... more details
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File Llyfr Coch Hergest 240 241.JPG thumb 300px Part of the Welsh version of Brut y Tywysogion found in the Red Book of Hergest italictitle Brut y Tywysogion lang en Chronicle of the Princes is one of the most important primary source s for History of Wales Welsh history . It is an annals annalistic chronicle that serves as a continuation of Geoffrey of Monmouth s Historia Regum Britanniae . Brut y Tywysogion has survived as several Welsh language Welsh translations of an original Latin version, which has not itself survived. The most important versions are the one in Peniarth MS. 20 and the slightly less complete one in the Red Book of Hergest . The version known as Brenhinoedd y Saeson Kings of the English combines material from the Welsh annals with material from an England English source. The Peniarth MS. 20 version begins in 682 with a record of the death of Cadwaladr and ends in 1332. The entries for the earlier years are brief, usually records of deaths and events such as eclipses, plagues or earthquakes, but later entries give much more detail. The main focus is on the rulers of the kingdoms of Kingdom of Gwynedd Gwynedd , Kingdom of Powys Powys and Deheubarth , but ecclesiastical events are also mentioned, such as the bringing of the date of celebrating Easter in the Celtic Christianity Welsh church into line with Rome by Elbodius Elfodd , Bishop of Bangor , in 768. Events in England , Ireland , Scotland and sometimes France are also briefly chronicled. The original monasticism monastic annals are thought to have been written at Strata Florida Abbey , but may have been kept at the old abbey at Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion Llanbadarn Fawr in the 11th century. Annals from other abbeys were also used in the composition. At least one of the Welsh translations is also thought to have been written at Strata Florida. References John Edward Lloyd , The Welsh Chronicles London H. Milford, 1929 Ian R. Jack, Medieval Wales Ithaca Cornell University Press, 1972 Thomas J ... more details
The Holyhead Maritime Museum is a sea maritime museum located in Holyhead , North Wales . Housed in what is claimed to be the oldest Lifeboat rescue Lifeboat station in Wales built circa 1858 , ref citeweb url http www.walesontheweb.org cayw index cy 387 09 title Holyhead Maritime Museum publisher National Library of Wales accessdate 2010 05 28 ref it houses a number of collections. The patron is Baron Stanley of Alderley Lord Stanley of Alderly . History After local maritime exhibitions held in 1982 and 1983, a trustees group was formed on 24 September, 1984. The trustees obtained a nine year lease on the redundant Elfodd St Elbods church from the Church in Wales , with the museum opened officially by the Duke of Westminster in March 1986. ref name Holyhead105 citeweb url http www.holyhead.com page105.html title Holyhead Maritime Museum publisher holyhead.com accessdate 2010 05 28 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref On expiration of the lease, and after failing to agree a lease within a new development, Stena Line offered the museum a peppercorn rent on the renovated Lifeboat house at Newry Beach. Deciding to improve the building through the construction of new visitor facilities, after a successful bid for funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and a renegotiation of the lease to 99 years, the museum reopened on its current site in 1998. ref name Holyhead105 Exhibitions The museum today tells the maritime history of Holyhead and Anglesey , from earliest days to the modern ferries to Ireland . It features an interactive combination of historical artifacts, models and sensory exhibitions. All of its part time volunteers have extensive maritime and local knowledge. ref citeweb url http www.anglesey.info Holyhead Maritime History.htm title The Maritime History of Holyhead and Anglesey, North Wales publisher anglesey.info accessdate 2010 05 28 ref Accessible to wheelchairs, the museum has its own cafe , the Harbour Front Bistro. ref citeweb url http www.attract ... more details
Caradog ap Meirion lang en Caradog son of Meirion was King of Kingdom of Gwynedd Gwynedd reigned 754? &ndash 798 . This era in the history of Gwynedd was not notable, and given the lack of reliable information available, serious histories of Wales , such that as by John Davies historian Davies , do not mention Caradog, ref Harvcolnb Davies 1990 , A History of Wales ref while that of John Edward Lloyd Lloyd mentions his name only in a footnote quoting the year of his death in the Annales Cambriae . ref name Lloyd Harvcolnb Lloyd 1911 pp 201 , A History of Wales, Vol. I ref File Gwynedd General Map.jpg thumb right 220px A general map of Gwynedd showing the cantref i . The year of Caradog s rise to the throne is an assumption based on the death of King Rhodri Molwynog ap Idwal Rhodri Molwynog in 754, noted in the Annales Cambriae . ref Harvcolnb Phillimore 1888 pp 161 , Annales Cambriae , year 754, Rotri rex brittonum moritur ref As the records are quite sparse in this era, an intervening king or kings between Rhodri and Caradog is not precluded. The sole references to Caradog in the historical record are the appearance of his name in genealogies such as Genealogies from Jesus College MS 20 those in Jesus College MS. 20 , ref Harvcolnb Phillimore 1887 pp 89 &mdash his son s pedigree is given as Howel. M. Crada6c. M. meircha6n. M. Howel. M. Runya6n. M. Einya6n. M. Idwm. M. Cadwall. M. meic. M. Ewein. M. Cenlas. M. Ewein danwyn. M. Einya6n yrth. M. Cuneda Wledic. ref and the note of his death in 798 in the Annales Cambriae , ref Harvcolnb Phillimore 1888 pp 163 , Annales Cambriae , year 798, Caratauc rex guenedote apud saxones iugulatur ref which says that he was killed by the Saxons i.e., the Mercia ns . It was during Caradog s reign that the Wales Welsh church adopted the Catholic Church Catholic method of calculating Easter through the efforts of Bishop Elfodd in 768, ref Harvcolnb Phillimore 1888 pp 162 , Annales Cambriae , year 768, Pasca commutatur apud brittones e ... more details
For Nennius, British prince in the works of Geoffrey of Monmouth Nennius of Britain Nennius was a Wales Welsh monk of the 9th century. He has traditionally been attributed with the authorship of the Historia Brittonum , based on the prologue affixed to that work, ref J. A. Giles Translator , Nennius The History of the Britons , in Six Old English Chronicles 1847 http www.fordham.edu halsall basis nennius full.html ref This attribution is widely considered a secondary 10th century tradition. ref e.g. David Dumville , quoted at http www.britishhistoryclub.com bhc sources nennius hb.html ref Dead link date September 2010 Nennius was a student of Elvodugus, commonly identified with the bishop Elfodd who convinced British ecclesiastics to accept the Continental Easter controversy dating for Easter , and who died in 809 according to the Annales Cambriae . Nennius is believed to have lived in the area made up by present day Brecknockshire and Radnorshire counties in Powys , Wales . ref Lee, Sidney, ed. Nennius. Dictionary of National Biography . XL. London Smith, Elder & Co., 1894. 218 ref He lived outside the Anglo Saxon kingdoms, isolated by mountains in a rural society. ref Gransden, Antonia. Historical Writing in England . Ithaca, New York Cornell UP, 1974. 12 ref Because of the lack of evidence concerning the life of Nennius he has become the subject of legend himself. Welsh traditions include Nennius with Elbodug and others said to have escaped the massacre of Welsh monks by Ethelfrid in 613. ref Lee, Sidney, ed. Nennius. Dictionary of National Biography . XL. London Smith, Elder & Co., 1894. 221 ref by fleeing to Scotland . Authorship of Historia Brittonum Main Historia Brittonum Nennius was traditionally credited with having written the Historia Brittonum c. 830. ref Gransden, Antonia. Historical Writing in England . Ithaca, New York Cornell UP, 1974. 6 ref The Historia Brittonum was highly influential, becoming a major contributor to the Arthurian legend. It also ... more details
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