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EARLY CATHOLIC DOCTRINES AND INFLUENCE. 9
blished at Dorchester, in Oxfordshire, an episcopal see, which was afterwards
^oved to Lincoln."
The M'
e lddle Angles were some years afterwards converted by means of the
nage of Peada their prince, son of Penda, king of Mercia, with the daughter of
Cedd' °^ ^orthumberland. Four priests were employed in this conversion,
a> Adda, Betti, and Diuma. Mercia was governed by King Penda, who,
l - , ■ "^ni, ana .uiuma. xviercia was troverneu uy rvni" reuua, wuu,
ueing slain i K
domini ° Oswy, the conqueror and his son-in-law seized the Mercian
Middl 1' Sn<^ aPP°'nted Diuma bishop of those provinces, as well as of the
Ceadd £les-'9 Hence originated the sea of Lichfield and Coventry. Bishop
at L' ^ ^°Urt^ Mercian bishop in succession from Diuma, established his see
oilfield.*0 The South Saxons, and inhabitants of the Isle of Wight, were
verted towards the close of the seventh century by Wilfrid, who founded the see
ot Chichester."
T h
e district subjected to each bishop's authority was originally called his
His church was generally the only one in the district, and from t hence
espatched itinerant preachers into the surrounding country." But Theodore,,
(j.'°In Pope Vitalian appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, not only effected the
'sion of the great bishoprics into several diocesses, but introduced the subdivision
} each diocess into parishes, about the year 664. The churches of the bishops
,eu began to be distinguished by the title of cathedral, from cathedra, the
Piscopal chair or th rone in those churches. The great diocess of Mercia was, in
Sequence of the exertions of this eminent prelate, divided into the several bishop-
bish eref°rd, Lincoln, Sidnacester, Lichfield, Leicester, and Worcester.14 Four
one c^nCS Were created out of that of York, but they were afterwards reunited into
cburch f^'le ^anes an^ great proprietors were induced to erect and endow
instituted Wlt^'n ^eir respective domains, but retained the patronage, and thus
oratories ^anS^ lurches. As many of these parishes were however very extensive,
'nhabita t. ^ SU^secluent'y erected for the accommodation of the more distant
' many of which obtained, in process of time, parochial privileges.15
10 Bede' book alS° " H'Stor>'' &c' of Lichfield Cathedral." 4to. 1820.
M Lingard'8° /' ° " Ib' book iv> c> 13' 16> " Warton's Anglia Sacra, pars i. p. 427.
M LingardC Z^"'"68 of the A"glo-Saxon Church, p. 65. 14 Warton's Anglia Sacra, pars i. p. 425.
VoL '• p. 242S24ntlqUit'eS °f ^ Anglo"Saxon Church- P- 66- Carte'8 General History of England,
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blished at Dorchester, in Oxfordshire, an episcopal see, which was afterwards
^oved to Lincoln."
The M'
e lddle Angles were some years afterwards converted by means of the
nage of Peada their prince, son of Penda, king of Mercia, with the daughter of
Cedd' °^ ^orthumberland. Four priests were employed in this conversion,
a> Adda, Betti, and Diuma. Mercia was governed by King Penda, who,
l - , ■ "^ni, ana .uiuma. xviercia was troverneu uy rvni" reuua, wuu,
ueing slain i K
domini ° Oswy, the conqueror and his son-in-law seized the Mercian
Middl 1' Sn<^ aPP°'nted Diuma bishop of those provinces, as well as of the
Ceadd £les-'9 Hence originated the sea of Lichfield and Coventry. Bishop
at L' ^ ^°Urt^ Mercian bishop in succession from Diuma, established his see
oilfield.*0 The South Saxons, and inhabitants of the Isle of Wight, were
verted towards the close of the seventh century by Wilfrid, who founded the see
ot Chichester."
T h
e district subjected to each bishop's authority was originally called his
His church was generally the only one in the district, and from t hence
espatched itinerant preachers into the surrounding country." But Theodore,,
(j.'°In Pope Vitalian appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, not only effected the
'sion of the great bishoprics into several diocesses, but introduced the subdivision
} each diocess into parishes, about the year 664. The churches of the bishops
,eu began to be distinguished by the title of cathedral, from cathedra, the
Piscopal chair or th rone in those churches. The great diocess of Mercia was, in
Sequence of the exertions of this eminent prelate, divided into the several bishop-
bish eref°rd, Lincoln, Sidnacester, Lichfield, Leicester, and Worcester.14 Four
one c^nCS Were created out of that of York, but they were afterwards reunited into
cburch f^'le ^anes an^ great proprietors were induced to erect and endow
instituted Wlt^'n ^eir respective domains, but retained the patronage, and thus
oratories ^anS^ lurches. As many of these parishes were however very extensive,
'nhabita t. ^ SU^secluent'y erected for the accommodation of the more distant
' many of which obtained, in process of time, parochial privileges.15
10 Bede' book alS° " H'Stor>'' &c' of Lichfield Cathedral." 4to. 1820.
M Lingard'8° /' ° " Ib' book iv> c> 13' 16> " Warton's Anglia Sacra, pars i. p. 427.
M LingardC Z^"'"68 of the A"glo-Saxon Church, p. 65. 14 Warton's Anglia Sacra, pars i. p. 425.
VoL '• p. 242S24ntlqUit'eS °f ^ Anglo"Saxon Church- P- 66- Carte'8 General History of England,
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