Santo Oswaldus, Martir
Putera raja Northumbria ini mengungsi ke biara Hay setelah ayahnya gugur dalam suatu pemberontakan. Ia dibaptis dan beberapa waktu kemudian berhasil merebut kembali kerajaan, bahkan memperluasnya. Dengan bantuan Santo Aidan ia mengkristenkan rakyatnya. Oswaldus gugur dalam suatu serangan dari seorang raja kafir. Santo Oswin menggantikannya sebagai raja dan misionaris. Akan tetapi ia pun kemudian dibunuh oleh Raja Osway.
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Oswald was the son of Æthelfrith of Bernicia and came to rule after spending a period in exile; after defeating the British ruler Cadwallon ap Cadfan, Oswald brought the two Northumbrian kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira once again under a single ruler, and promoted the spread of Christianity in Northumbria. He was given a strongly positive assessment by the historian Bede, writing a little less than a century after Oswald's death, who regarded Oswald as a saintly king; it is also Bede who is the main source for present-day historical knowledge of Oswald. After eight years of rule, in which he was the most powerful ruler in Britain, Oswald was killed in the Battle of Maserfield.
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