Penda

/ ˈpɛndə /

noun

1. Penda655MMercianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler died 655 ad , king of Mercia (?634–55)

Example Sentences

Nennius says Penda slew Oswald at the "battle of Cocboy," and that "he gained the victory by diabolical agency."

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A similar interpretation will equally apply to Winwidfield, near Leeds, the scene of Penda's subsequent defeat and death.

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Penda remained its rallying point; and the long reign of the Mercian king was in fact one continuous battle with the Cross.

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But so far as we can judge from his acts, Penda seemed to have looked on the strife of religion in a purely political light.

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This cathedral arose out of the ruins of an abbey founded in the seventh century by Penda, the first Christian king of Mercia.

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