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King Edwin of Northumbria was baptised by Bishop Paulinus of York.

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Edwin of Northumbria

King of Deira and Bernicia from 616 to 632/633

Edwin, also known as Eadwine or Æduinus, was the King of Deira and Bernicia – which later became known as Northumbria – from around 616 until his death. He was the second monarch to rule both of these northern English kingdoms and the first to convert to Christianity. After he…
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Paulinus of York

Christian missionary and saint, first bishop of York (died 644)

Paulinus was a Roman missionary and the first Bishop of York. A member of the Gregorian mission sent in 601 by Pope Gregory I to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism, Paulinus arrived in England by 604 with the second missionary group. Little is…
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