Synod of Whitby
Britishnoun
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Baeda—the venerable Bede as later times styled him—was born about ten years after the Synod of Whitby, beneath the shade of a great abbey which Benedict Biscop was rearing by the mouth of the Wear.
From MacMillan's Reading Books Book V by Anonymous
Give dates and significance of the following; and state whether they are persons or books: Stratford-on-Avon, Magna Charta, Louvain, Onamataposa, Synod of Whitby, Bunker Hill, Transcendentalism, Mesopotamia, Albania, Hastings.
From The Story of Wellesley by Florence Converse
The Roman usage regarding Easter was adopted there, very soon after the Synod of Whitby.
From A Calendar of Scottish Saints by Michael Barrett
Protestant writers have tried to interpret St. Colman's conduct regarding the Synod of Whitby as a manifest opposition to Roman authority.
From A Calendar of Scottish Saints by Michael Barrett
What was the importance of the Synod of Whitby?
From Early European History by Hutton Webster
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