Born at Aldorf, near Nuremberg, Bavaria, 18 May, 1824; died in New York, 1885.

Historian, born c. 770 in the district watered by the River Main in the eastern part of the Frankish Empire; d. 14 March, 840, at Seligenstadt.

King of Northumbria, b. 650; d. 685.

A Northumbrian by birth, became a monk in Ireland, died in 729 at the age of 90.

Son of Eata, brother of the Northumbrian King Eadbert and cousin of King Ceolwulf, to whom the Venerable Bede dedicated his history; date of birth unknown; d. 19 November, 766.

Belonged to the family of the Counts of Holland. Died 8 or 9 December, 993.

Frequently though incorrectly called "First King of England", died A.D. 839.

First bishop of Philadelphia, U.S.A., b. in Ireland, most probably in Galway, in 1761; d. at Philadelphia, 22 July, 1814.

Archbishop of Tuam, born near Tuam, Ireland, 1734; died near Tuam, 1798.

King of the English, eldest son of Edmund and St. Aelfgifu, born about 940; died 959.

Biography of the first Christian King of Northumbria, who died in 633. Also known, in Latinized form, as Aeduini.

English priest, missionary, and martyr. Executed in 1594 (1593 old style). Biographical entry.

King of England, assassinated at the age of 16 or 17 at the behest of his stepmother. St. Edward was murdered in 979.

Short biography of the King of England, who died in 1066.

English priest and martyr, d. 1586. Biography.

Biography of the Welsh priest, Bl. Thomas Abel's companion in martyrdom, d. 1506.

Profile of the English priest and martyr, who was executed at York in 1594.

Englishman, Jesuit priest, martyred in 1606. Biography.

Welsh convert to Catholicism. Became a priest. He was martyred in 1590. Article also has some information on his fellow martyr Anthony Middleton.

Detailed biographical article on the King of England.

Lancashire priest martyred in 1646.

Short biography of the Benedictine priest, martyred at Lancaster in 1641.

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