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Anglo-Saxon England Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th centuries from the end of Roman Britain until the Norman conquest in 1066, consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom o ...

during the period of

Christianization Christianization ( or Christianisation) is to make Christian; to imbue with Christian principles; to become Christian. It can apply to the conversion of an individual, a practice, a place or a whole society. It began in the Roman Empire, conti ...

until the

Norman Conquest of England The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Normans, Norman, Duchy of Brittany, Breton, County of Flanders, Flemish, and Kingdom of France, French troops, ...

(c. AD 600 to 1066). It also includes British saints of the

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

and post-Roman period (3rd to 6th centuries), and other post-biblical saints who, while not themselves English, were strongly associated with particular religious houses in Anglo-Saxon England, for example, their relics reputedly resting with such houses. The only list of saints which has survived from the Anglo-Saxon period itself is the so-called ''

Secgan ''On the Resting-Places of the Saints'' is a heading given to two early medieval pieces of writing, also known as ''Þá hálgan'' and the ''Secgan'', which exist in various manuscript forms in both Old English and Latin, the earliest surviving m ...

'', an 11th-century compilation enumerating 89 saints and their resting-places.D. W. Rollason, "Lists of saints' resting-places in Anglo-Saxon England" in ASE 7 (1978)
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* Anglo-Norse, of mixed English and Scandinavian extraction characteristic of northern and central England in the later Anglo-Saxon era * British, from the

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

population native to pre-Germanic England, including Welsh, Cornish, Cumbrian and Celtic Armoricans, as well as saints from regions of England Anglicized very late * East Anglian, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the East Anglian region of early medieval England, modern

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

as well as some of

Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and North ...

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

* East Saxon, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the East Saxon region of early medieval England * Frankish, from the Frankish kingdom in Gaul, including native Latin-speakers but excluding Bretons * Frisian, from the Frisian region of early medieval Europe * Gaelic, in origin a

Gaelic Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...

-speaking Celt from Ireland or northern Britain * Kentish, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the Kentish region of early medieval England * Mercian, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the Mercian region of early medieval England * Northumbrian, ethnically English and either from or strong associated with the Northumbrian region of early medieval England * Roman, from the Roman (or 'Byzantine') Empire, excluding Britain * Romano-British, from

Roman Britain Roman Britain was the period in classical antiquity when large parts of the island of Great Britain were under occupation by the Roman Empire. The occupation lasted from AD 43 to AD 410. During that time, the territory conquered was ...

and neither clearly British or clearly Latin * South Saxon, ethnically English and either from or strongly associated with the South Saxon region of early medieval England * West Saxon, ethnically English and either from or strongly associated with the West Saxon region of early medieval England

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* * * *F. Liebermann, ''Die Heiligen Englands'', Hanover, 1889. * *Susan J. Ridyard, ''The Royal Saints of Anglo-Saxon England: A Study of West Saxon and East Anglican Cults'', Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series, 1988. *D. W. Rollason, "Lists of saints' resting-places in Anglo-Saxon England" in ASE 7 (1978), 61-93. * * * * {{refend *

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...

Christian saints of the Middle Ages Catholic Church in the United Kingdom

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