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FROM ENGLISH CHRONICLERS 31
leave the place rather than to change their customs, he gave
it to him who had both a doctrine and a life worthy of
it. 1
... The question being raised there concerning Easter
and the tonsure and other ecclesiastical matters, it was de-
cided that a synod must be held in the monastery which is
called Streaneshalch [Whitby,]
the abbess Hild, a woman devoted to God ;
dispute
must be terminated.
. . . over which then ruled
2 and that this
And there came thither both kings, the father, that is,
and the son the ; bishops Colman, with his clerics from Scotland,
and Ethelbert, 3 with the priests Agatho and Wilfrid.
Jacob 4 and Romanus 5 were on the side of these latter ;
the abbess Hild with her followers was on the side of the Scots, 6
as also was the venerable bishop Cedd, long
before ordained
by the Scots, as we have shown above. 7 And he was a most
careful interpreter in that council for either side. 8
1
Cf. Bede, V.S.C., VIII, supra, s.a. 661.
"
Bede, H.E., V, 19 ; i, 325 :
. . . and this place to wit he had given
long ago to those who followed the Scots, to construct a monastery therein.
But because afterwards, when the choice was given them, they chose rather
to leave the place than to receive the catholic Easter and the other canonical
rites according to the custom of the Roman and apostolic church, he gave it
to him whom he saw to be imbued with better teachings and customs."
2 Hild was daughter of Hereric, the nephew of king Edwin ; Bede, H.E.,
IV, 23 ; i, 252. Recalled by Aidan from her purpose of going to Chelles, she
received a small monastery to the north of the Wear, and afterwards became
abbess of Hartlepool, where she was often visited by Aidan and other religious
men. Ibid., 253.
3 Ethelbert was bishop of the West Saxons ; afterwards of Paris. Cf.
Bede, H.E., III, 7, i, 140-141 ; ii, 144, 146 : III, 26, 28, i, 189, 194.
4 Jacob was a former deacon of Paulinus ; cf. Bede, H.E., II, 16, 20 ;
i, 117-118, 126.
5
Romanus, a priest from Kent, was queen Anfleda's chaplain ; Bede,
III, 25 ; i, 181-182.
6
Edm., V.W.Ep., X, in Raine's York, i, 171: "And against these
came Colman with his clerics, and brought with him to the synod abbess
Hild, a supporter of his sect."
7 Cedd was bishop of the East Saxons ; Bede, H.E., III, 22 ; i, 172-173.
He had been one of Peada's four priests ; cf. supra, s.a. 655, note. His
brother Ceadda (St. Chad) had been a disciple o'f Aidan ; Bede, H.E., III,
28 ; i, 195.
8 Bads reports the conference (H.E., III, 25 ; i, 183-189) as an argument
between Colman and Wilfrid. Colman claims tradition -and the authority
of St. John ; the doctrine of Anatolius, and the practice of Columba. Wilfrid
replies by citing the practice of Rome and all Christendom, denying the
Scottish interpretation of the meaning of St. John and of Anatolius ; referring
to the Council of Nicsea (cf. Eddi, X; u.s., i, 15,) sneering at the sanctity
of Columba, (v. supra, s.a. 565, note ;) and finally quoting Matt. XVI, 18-19,
for the authority of Peter as gate-ward of heaven. The last argument is conclusive
with king Oswy and the assembly ; so also in Eddi, X, u.s., i, 15-16.
For a discussion of the controversy see Plummer, Bede, ii, 348-354.