Bregden, near Glastonbury, v. 149. Bregensium fines, vi. 406. See Breg. Bregorez, abbot of Glastonbury, v. 137. Brehon laws used in Ireland, i. 313. Brenaind, Irish form of Brendan, vi.

523. See Brendan.

Brendan, two of the name, in second order of saints, vi. 478, 523; both pupils of S. Finian, vi. 473.

of Birr, son of Neimaindus, vi. 523, 590 (Ind. Chr. 540); or son of Luaigneus, vi. 595 (Ind. Chr. 571); legend of, respecting Hy, vi. 240; reckoned the prophet of Ireland, vi. 473; date of his death, vi. 523, 595 (Ind. Chr. 571); his festival, vi.

445.

of Clonfert, son of Finnloga, vi. 474; birth of, vi. 579 (Ind. Chr. 484); pupil of S. Finian, vi. 590 (Ind. Chr. 540); his labours, vi. 474; churches founded by, vi. 523, 583, 584 (Ind. Chr. 508, 514); labouring monks of, iv. 303, 304; visits Britain, vi. 323, 582 (Ind. Chr. 508), 584 (Ind. Chr. 514); educates S. Machutus, vi. 50, 585 (Ind. Chr. 520); succeeds Ellenius at Llancarvan, vi. 50; confounded with Maclovius, vi. 51; visits Aran, vi. 529, 533; school under, at Ross, vi. 472; voyages of, vi. 523, 595 (Ind. Chr. 577); his death, vi. 595-6 (Ind. Chr. 577); ancient legend of, less absurd, iv. 268; Molanus' remarks on, iv. 268; his lex, vi. 484; his rule, vi. 484, 611 (Ind. Chr. 743); death, at Enachduin, vi. 523, 596 (Ind. Chr. 577); at Clonfert, vi. 50; buried at Cluain-fert, vi. 524, 596 (Ind. Chr. 577); Life of, iv. 268, 304, vi. 474, 484, 524, 535. See Brandan, Brendin.

Brendin, S., or Brendan, mentioned by Cumianus, iv. 339, 442, vi. 501.

Brennus, acts of, ix. 141, 142.
Brennuyd, or Bernicia, v. 452.
Brentaknolle, now Brentemers, v. 149.
Brente, ten hides of, granted to Glas-
tonbury, v. 140, 149.
Brent-marsh, or Brentemers, granted to
Glastonbury, v. 149.

Brenwal, a Glastonbury saint, v. 132.
Brerely, John, iii. iv.

Brereton, John, xv. 77; his will, xv. 500; mentioned, xv. 135, 482, 540, 559.

Randall, xv. 500. Bresal, son of Endeus, vi. 237. lector of Armagh, vi. 421. Bressialus, bishop, vi. 518. Βρετανία, confounded with Βρεττία, vi. 291.

Βρετανίδες νῆσοι, vi. 267.

Βρετανικαὶ νῆσοι, iv. 243, vi. 287,

319, 340, 341.

Brevi, in Wales, synod of, v. 104, 541, vi. 585 (Ind. Chr. 519). See Llan-dewy-brevy.

Brevia, what, iv. 534.
Breviarium Burgedalense, vi. 512.
Hibernicum, vi. 229, 230.
Romanum, iii. 444.
Sarisburiense, iii. 453, v. 177.

Scoticum, vi. 209, 229, 230, 233.
Breviensis synodus. See Brevi.
Brian, king of Ireland, slain, iv. 318.
Bricius bishop of Limerick, iv. 553.
Bride-hay, or Bride-eye, that is, Bri-
gidæ insula, near Glastonbury, vi.
464, 465. See Parva Hibernia.
Bridgeman, bishop John, xvi. 366,

516.

Bridius filius Meilechon, vi. 233; king of the Picts, slays Ecfrid, vi. 202, 609 (Ind. Chr. 685).

Brien, St., a city in Brittany, called

from S. Brioc, v. 394. Brig, mother of S. Enda, vi. 533. Briga, S., of Enach Duin, sister of Brendan, vi. 523, 596 (Ind. Chr. 577).

―, daughter of Ainmere, vi. 572 (Ind. Chr. 449). Brigantes, vi, 270.

Brigantium, v. 93, vi. 290.

Briggs, Professor, Ussher's acquaintance with, i. 29; his mathematical works, xv. 130, 431; letters of, to Ussher, xv. 62, 89; mentioned, xv. 68, 232, 266, 430, xvi. 316. Brigid, S., her father, vi. 163; her mother, vi. 534; born at Foghart, vi. 447, 573 (Ind. Chr. 453); in Conaille Muirtheimhne, vi. 385; date of, vi. 445-447, 464; takes the veil, vi. 578 (Ind. Chr. 467); her companions, vi. 162; sent to Gildas, vi. 579 (Ind. Chr. 484); her church, vi. 163; visit to Glastonbury, vi. 579 (Ind. Chr. 488); date of her death, vi. 446, 447, 588 (Ind. Chr. 523); her burial-place uncertain, vi. 451; Irish hymn on, vi. 534; Latin hymn on, vi. 534; Life by Cogitosus, vi. 274; other Lives of, vi. 162, 163, 347, 436, 446, 450, 451, 457, 534, 535; miracles of, vi. 163. of Abernethy, vi. 256, 257, 451.

of Dunkeld, vi. 248, 606 (Ind. Chr. 640).

of Glastonbury, vi. 463, 464, 465, 579 (Ind. Chr. 488).

Suecica, Life of, xii. 344. receives a bell from Gildas, vi.

469.

Brioc, S., v. 393; reputed an Irishman by some, v. 394; taken to Armorica, vi. 567 (Ind. Chr. 430). Bristol, formerly Cair Brithon, v. 85.

Lord, mentioned, xv. 188. Britannia reckoned in Romania, Ireland

in Barbaria, vi. 352; pagan condition of, v. 11, 12; mentioned in ancient authors, v. 208-210, vi. 266, 267; in Origen, v. 172; in Tertullian, v. 173; ancient cities of, v. 82-86; Roman division of, v. 120, 121; prima, v. 117; secunda, v. 117; three kingdoms of, v. 507; provinces in, v. 119, 120; inhabitants of north and south at war, vi. 46; five languages in, in Bede's time, iv. 243; the British different from

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Irish, vi. 414; Gregory's character of, v. 383; book written in, found at Verulam, v. 184; no letters, xvi. 150; bardic poems of, iv. 560; metrical history of, v. 426, 427, vi. 41, 42.

subdued by Agricola, vi. 552 (Ind. Chr. 81); sailed round, vi. 552 (Ind. Chr. 81); the "cella penaria" of Rome, vi. 564 (Ind. Chr. 411); Arviragus, king of, vi. 55 (Ind. Chr. 82); reduced by Hadrian, vi. 553 (Ind. Chr. 117); by Lollius Urbicus, vi. 553 (Ind. Chr. 144); harassed by Picts, Scots, &c., vi. 560,567, 570, 571 (Ind. Chr. 364, 431, 445, 447); treasures hid in earth by Romans, vi. 129; entered by Picts and Huns, vi. 119; lost to Rome, vi. 564 (Ind. Chr. 411); Romans fly from, vi. 565 (Ind. Chr. 418) left unprotected, vi. 129; two frontier walls of, v. 168, vi. 113, 135, 555, 556 (Ind. Chr. 208); earthen rampart built on border, vi. 131, 565 (Ind. Chr. 422); stone wall on north of, vi. 566 (Ind. Chr. 426); assistance of Romans implored, vi. 130, 566 (Ind. Chr. 425); exposed to Saxon invasion long before Hengist, v. 385, 386; date of Saxon invasion, v. 460, 461; monument of slaughter by Hengist, v. 517-519; a king of, v. 384; distribution of the Saxons in, v. 449; period of prosperity in, vi. 571 (Ind. Chr. 448); victories of, over the Saxons, vi. 575 (Ind. Chr. 455); British driven to Armorica, v. 485, 486; occupy the deserted settlements of the Saxons, v. 519; expelled from Britain, v. 486; Britannorum gemitus, v. 424.

early conversion of, v. 12, vii. 82; said to have been visited by SS. James, Simon, and Paul, vi. 287, 288, 551 (Ind. Chr. 41, 47, 60); Aristobulus ordained bishop of, vi. 551 (Ind. Chr. 56); list of early authorities on the

first conversion of, v. 170, vi. 555, 556 (Ind. Chr. 201, 236); British converted at once, v. 60; date of introduction of Christianity, vi. 551; ancient hierarchy of, v. .79-125; Glastonbury, the first church in, v. 142; S. Alban, first martyr of, v. 177, 178; other martyrs, v. 205; first sees in, v. 79, 116; bishops of, at early councils-see Ariminium, Arles, Nice, Sardica; seven bishops reply to S. Augustus, iv. 351, 352; five provinces in, v. 116, 117; Bede's character of bishops of, v. 112; early mode of election of bishops, iv. 324; Mansuetus, a bishop, v. 486; the last British bishop in Congresbury, vi. 611 (Ind. Chr. 721).

doctrines of church of, orthodox, v. 237, vi. 560 (Ind. Chr. 363); visited by Irish saints, vi. 520-524, 536; Christians of, visit Palestine, vi. 562 (Ind. Chr. 338); charged with being outside Christendom, iv. 351; inhabitants less liked by Saxons than the Scots, iv. 421; Ordo of, different from Roman, iv. 276; tonsure of, vi. 490; paschal canon of, vi. 498-500; whence received, vi. 496, 497; warmly attached to, iv. 352, 353; people of, styled “canonum ignari," vi. 225; church of, infected with Arianism, v. 239, 429, vi. 560 (Ind. Chr. 378); with Pelagianism, iv. 3, v. 336, 429; relapses into Paganism, vi. 98; corruptions of, vi. 566 (Ind. Chr. 428, 429); vice prevails in, v. 428; Gildas' description of degradation of, vi. 54-75; confirmed by Alcuin, vi. 75; works of Faustus received in, v. 503, 504; no Briton allowed into Cadoc's church at Beneventum, v. 538.

church, precedence of, v. 38, 39; inhabitants of Northumbria become monks, vi. 611 (Ind. Chr. 731); pilgrimages from, to Jerusalem, v. 247, 248.

BROUGHTON.

Britannia, Armuirc Læthana, vi. 381; Armorica, v. 484-487; called Britannia Minor, v. 95, vi. 45, 412; called Britannia Transmarina, vi. 52; Britons driven to, v. 485, 486, vi. 561 (Ind. Chr. 383); two migrations to, vi. 574 (Ind. Chr. 453); Tours, the metropolitan see of, vi. 48.

- Parva, or Ireland, vi. 268. settlement in Brittenburg. Britanni super Ligerum, v. 486.J an isle of, occupied by a Greek Novatian bishop, v. 346.

Britons in Ireland, vi. 333.

British islands, including Ireland, vi. 318.

Britanny. See Britannia, Armuirc.
Brithelm, bishop of Wells, v. 142.
Brithwald, abbot of Glastonbury, v.
136-138.

Brito and Britannus, v. 254.
Britonantes, v. 172.

Britons in Ireland, at S. Ailbhe's birth, vi. 333. See Loman, Moctheus. Brittenburg, British settlement at, v.

481-484, vi. 574 (Ind. Chr. 453). Brittia Batavica, v. 581-584, 459. Brittus, a quo Bretani, vi. 378. Britwalani, v. 55.

Briwald, or Beorwald. See Brithwald. Brixinense concilium, ii. 131, 137. Brochadius, or Brochanus, son of Tigridia, vi. 381, 382; nephew of S. Patrick, vi. 568 (Ind. Chr. 432). Brochsecha, mother of S. Brigid, vi. 534.

Brodley, Mr., xvi. 316, 319. Bromdune, or Brunnanburg, battle of, vi. 263, 264. Brome, Walter, vii. 261. Bronus, bishop, vi. 518. Brook, Lord, xv. 403, 404, 478, xvi. 144.

Brotgalus, in Gaul, vi. 391.

Brother, forbidden to marry brother's widow, iv. 292.

Broughton, Hugh, distinguished Greek

scholar, iii. 390, 391; his epistle to the nobility of England, iii. 390; on the descent into hell, xv. 281;

Broughton-continued.

his books, xv. 332; named, xv.
304, xvi. 310.

Browncker, Edward, letters of, to
Ussher, xv. 153; xvi. 376.
Browne, a Carmelite, xvi. 495.
Brownrigg, bishop Ralph, i. 271, xvi.
133, 175.

Brownstown, i. lxvii.

Brudeus, king of the Picts, vi. 233, 256; son of Melochon, vi. 234; his accession, vi. 593 (Ind. Chr. 557); contemporary of S. Columba, vi. 528; and of S. Kentigern, vi. 247; visited by three Irish abbots, vi. 233; death of, vi. 597 (Ind. Chr. 584).

Brumhan, of Glastonbury, v. 132. Brumhere. See Brun-Albain. Brumridge, or Brunanburg, battle of, vi. 264.

Brun-Albain, a boundary of the Scoti, vi. 146; or Braid-Albain, vi. 147, 259.

Brunanburg, battle of, vi. 264. Brunandune. See Brunanburg. Bruneburg, or Etbrunnan were, Brunnanbyrig, Bromdune, Brunandune, Britneford, Brumridge, battle of, vi. 263, 264. Brunechild, vi. 487.

Bruno, bishop of Treviri, ii. 228; acts of, ii. 228.

Brunswick, Christian, Duke of xv. 194, xvi. 416. Brusierdus, John, ii. 85.

Brusius, Petrus, concerning the Wal-
denses, ii. 261, 262.
Bruthnod, dux, iv. 571.

Brutus, acts of, x. 215; death, x. 282.
Buain, Miliuc, son of, vi. 389.
Buani, Nepotes, vi. 385.

Buchanan, George, his diligence, vi. 279.

Buckingham, Charles W., duke of, xv.

187, 189, 201, 336, 338, 339, 345, 404, 413, 421, 478, xvi. 356, 527. Buckworth, Theophilus, bishop of Dromore, brother-in-law of Ussher, i. 56.

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Budi Conayll, or Pestis Ictericia, vi. 607 (Ind. Chr. 664).

Budic, son of Cybsdan, vi. 81; king of Armorica, v. 98, 109, vi. 597 (Ind. Chr. 588).

Buellium, or Boyle, monastery of, founded, iv. 589; Annals of, vi. 447, 537.

Buelt, or Brecknockshire, v. 521, vi. 577 (Ind. Chr. 466).

Bulgari, a name of the Albigenses, ii. 337.

Bulgaria, Manichæism in, ii. 252. Bulimia, Brutus seized with, x. 231. Bulkely, archbishop, assaulted, i. 105;

strives to attach the primacy of Ireland to Dublin, i. 161. Bull, the term, xi. 244. Buraburg, or Barbarena ecclesia, iv. 396.

Burchard, S., son of Gurmund, iv. 430, vi. 93, 598 (Ind. Chr. 593). Burchgravius, or castellanus, v. 482, 483.

Burg-castell, or Cnobheresburg, in
Suffolk, vi. 539.

Burgedalense, Breviarium, vi. 512.
Burgess, John, xvi. 333, 355.
Burggravii Leidinenses, v. 483.
Burgundefora, S., iv. 245.
Burgus, near Leyden, v. 483.
Burial, different from interment, iii.

321, 347; in the creed, iii. 347; of
one thousand saints in Bardsey, vi.
44.

Burke, his censure of bishop Bennet, i. 199.

Burley, Thomas, prior of Kilmainham, xi. 457.

Burnet, bishop, his estimate of Ussher's character, i. 120.

Buvindus, or Boyne, vi. 408. Buxtorf, John, the elder, xv. 496, 553, 568.

John, the younger, letters of, to Ussher, xv. 565, xvi. 237; Ussher to, xvi. 240; mentioned, xv. 553, 577, xvi. 30, 80, 182, 195, 242, 247, 283, 579.

Byrchinus, S., vi. 478, or Berchanus, vi. 534.

Bysh, Mr., xvi. 600.

Byzacena provincia, v. 237, vi. 6.
Byzacium, council of, vi. 6, 11.

C

C and T initial, confounded, vi. 564 (Ind. Chr. 402).

Cabaretum, Albigenses fly to, ii. 348. Cadalous, nominated pope, ii. 115, 116.

Cadar, or Cadoc, third bishop of London, v. 88.

Cadellus, or Ketelus, made king, v.

384. See Ketelus.

Cadit Almatran, who, xii. 285. Cadoc, S., his parents, v. 530, vi. 579 (Ind. Chr. 490); abbot of Lancarvan, v. 535, vi. 581 (Ind. Chr. 500), 582 (Ind Chr. 508); retires to Inis-Ronech, vi. 583 (Ind. Chr. 509); abbot of Beneventum, v. 538, vi. 584 (Ind. Chr. 514); called Sophia, v. 538; vi. 584 (Ind. Chr. 514).

or Cadar, bishop of London, v. 88. Cador, dux Cornubiæ, vi. 56. Cadwallader, king, age of, xvi. 185;

his feigned charter to Cambridge, vi. 609 (Ind. Chr. 685). Cædvalla, succeeds Kentwin, vi. 609 (Ind. Chr. 686).

Caelanus, or Kelanus, of Nendrum, vi. 585 (Ind. Chr. 520).

CAINNECH.

Cælestius, disciple of Pelagius, v. 254-256, 257.

Cælicolæ. See Colidei.
Caer. See Cair.

Caer Coit Celedon, near Lincoln, v. 85, 86.

Caerdyff, S. Kieran's chapel at, vi. 336. Caer Guby, in Anglesey, v. 116; an episcopal seat, v. 116.

Caer Leon, Urbs Legionum, v. 79; David succeeds Dubricius in see of, v. 540; on Usk, Welsh primacy, iv. 352; three churches in, v. 205; visited by S. Kentigern, vi. 85; Germanus and Lupus at, v. 388. See David.

Caer Mardhin, origin of name, iv. 562;
Maridunum of Ptolemy, iv. 562.
See Kaer-Merdyn.
Caer Nervon, v. 82.
Caer Usk, v. 195.

Caer Went, or Venta Silurum, v. 85, 116. See Cair.

Cæsar, Julius, youth of, ix. 544;
created dictator, x. 142; wins
Pharsalia, x. 148; in Egypt, x.
174; death of, x. 215.
Cæsarius, bishop of Arles, v. 502; as-
sails the Pelagians, vi. 16; sub-
scribes acts of synod of Arausica,
vi. 25; his death, vi. 16; letter of
Boniface to, vi. 27; his proof of Pur-
gatory, iv. 263; his Life, vi. 16, 26.
of Lerins, v. 395.
Meldensis, vi. 170.
Cahinnechus, S., vi. 233. See Cain-
nech.

Cai, near Dol, in Armorica, vi. 79.
Caiaphas, high priest, x. 527.
Caille Fochlad, vi. 390.

Cainan, three of the name, xi. 541; difficulties in chronology of, xi. 541-562.

Cainnech, S., alias Cannicus, Cahinnechus, Kenny, vi. 526, 588 (Ind. Chr. 527); of second order, vi. 478; taught by Barre, vi. 544; by S. Finian, vi. 473; by S. Docus, in Britain, vi. 520; called Mocu Dalann, vi. 526, or Filius Nepotis Da