On the trail of the Mercian Anglo-Saxon saints - BBC News
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4 Apr 2011 - These saints brought Christianity back to England after its first ... to the area to lead missionary work, he was appointed Bishop of Lichfield. ... St Diuma was the first bishop of Mercia (656-8); and St Guthlac ... 2 December 2009.
Dmitry Lapa. Holy Hierarch Aidan of Lindisfarne ... - Православие.Ru
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It was from here that the evangelization of the North of England began. .... The ministry of St. Aidan as bishop and missionary in Northumbria lasted for 16 ..... to preach in the lands to the south we must mention the following: St. Diuma (+ c. 658, feast: December 7) who became the first missionary in Mercia and was Bishop of ...