Consolidation and conflict: the English Church organizes, expands, and matures.
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Chapter 1
On the death of Archbishop Deusdedit, Wighard is sent to Rome to be consecrated in his stead: on the latter’s death there, Theodore is consecrated Archbishop and sent to Britain with Abbot Hadrian [a.d. 664]
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Chapter 2
Theodore makes a general visitation: the English churches begin to receive instruction in Catholic truth, and sacred study is fostered. Putta succeeds Damian as Bishop of Rochester [a.d. 669]
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Chapter 3
Chad is appointed Bishop of the Mercians [c. a.d. 667]; his life, death [a.d. 672], and burial
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Chapter 4
Bishop Colman leaves Britain, and founds two monasteries in the land of the Irish, one for the Irish, and another for the English whom he had taken with him [a.d. 667]
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Chapter 5
The death of King Oswy and King Egbert. Archbishop Theodore presides over a Synod held at Hertford [a.d. 673]
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Chapter 6
Wynfrid is deposed, and Sexwulf appointed to his see: Earconwald is made Bishop of the East Saxons [a.d. 675]
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Chapter 7
A heavenly light indicates where the bodies of the nuns of Barking should be buried
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Chapter 8
A little boy, dying in the convent, announces the approaching death of one of the sisters. A nun, about to depart this life, sees a glimpse of future glory
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Chapter 9
Signs from heaven appear when the Mother of the Community departs this life
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Chapter 10
A blind woman regains her sight while praying in the convent burial-ground
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Chapter 11
Sebbi, King of the East Saxons, ends his days as a monk
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Chapter 12
Haeddi succeeds Leutherius as Bishop of the West Saxons: Cuichelm succeeds Putta in the See of Rochester, and is himself succeeded by Gebmund. The succession of the Northumbrian bishops
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Chapter 13
Wilfrid converts the Province of the South Saxons to Christ [see also v. 19]
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Chapter 14
A fatal epidemic is halted by the intercession of King Oswald
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Chapter 15
King Cadwalla of the Gewissae kills King Ethelwalh and devastates his province with plundering and slaughter
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Chapter 16
The Isle of Wight receives Christian settlers. Two young princes of the island are killed immediately after Baptism [a.d. 686]
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Chapter 17
Theodore presides over a Synod held in the Plain of Haethfeld (Hatfield) [a.d. 680]
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Chapter 18
John, Arch-cantor of the apostolic see, comes to teach in Britain [a.d. 680]
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Chapter 19
Queen Etheldreda preserves her virginity, and her body remains incorrupt in the grave [a.d. 660]
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Chapter 20
A hymn in honour of Etheldreda
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Chapter 21
Archbishop Theodore makes peace between King Egfrid and King Ethelred [a.d. 679]
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Chapter 22
A prisoner’s chains fall off when Masses are sung on his behalf [a.d. 679]
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Chapter 23
The life and death of Abbess Hilda [a.d. 680]
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Chapter 24
A brother of the monastery is found to possess God’s gift of poetry [a.d. 680]
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Chapter 25
A man of God sees a vision portending the destruction of Coldingham monastery by fire
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Chapter 26
On the death of King Egfrid and King Hlothere [a.d. 685]
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Chapter 27
Cuthbert, a man of God, is made bishop [a.d. 685]: his life and teaching as a monk
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Chapter 28
Cuthbert becomes a hermit: his prayers obtain a spring from dry ground, and a crop from seed sown out of season
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Chapter 29
Cuthbert foretells his own death to the hermit Herebert [a.d. 687]
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Chapter 30
After eleven years in the grave, Cuthbert’s body is found incorrupt. His successor departs this life soon afterwards [a.d. 698]
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Chapter 31
A brother is cured of paralysis at Cuthbert’s tomb
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Chapter 32
The relics of Saint Cuthbert heal another brother’s diseased eye
