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This year the sun was eclipsed, on the eleventh of May; and Erkenbert, King of Kent, having died, Egbert his son succeeded to the kingdom. Colman with his companions this year returned to his own country. This same year there was a great plague in the island Britain, in which died Bishop Tuda, who was buried at Wayleigh--Chad and Wilferth were consecrated--And Archbishop Deus-dedit died.
(Ingram, p.40)
Abbess Hilda, founder of the abbey of Whitby on the Yourkshire coast, hosted the famous Synod of Whitby, at which Celtic and Rome-supporting Christians met to argue over the date of Easter.
(Lacey, p.168)
