20th August
(†651)
St. Oswin, King and Martyr of Deira, Northumbria
On August 20, 651, st. Oswin died in Gilling, Yorkshire, England; the feast of his translation is celebrated on March 11 in Durham, Saint Albans, and Tynemouth. When his father, King Osric of Deira (roughly the county of Yorkshire), was murdered by the pagan Welsh King Cadwallon in 633, he was taken to Wessex, baptised, and educated by Saint Aidan (f.d. August 31). When his cousin Saint Oswald (f.d. August 9) was killed in battle against King Penda of Mercia in 642, Oswin ascended to the throne of Deira, which Oswald had united to Bernicia, and his cousin Oswy (Oswiu) became king of Bernicia. […]Celtic and Old English Saints St. Oswin of Deira
Eadberht (died 19 or 20 August 768) was king of Northumbria from 737 or 738 to 758. He was the brother of Ecgbert, Archbishop of York. His reign is seen as a return to the imperial ambitions of seventh-century Northumbria and may represent a period of economic prosperity. He faced internal opposition from rival dynasties and at least two actual or potential rivals were killed during his reign. In 758 he abdicated in favour of his son Oswulf and became a monk at York.
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