Английская Википедия:Birinus
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Birinus (also Berin, Birin; Шаблон:Circa – 3 December 649 or 650) was the first Bishop of DorchesterШаблон:Sfn and was known as the "Apostle to the West Saxons" for his conversion of the Kingdom of Wessex to Christianity. He is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Anglican churches.
Life and ministry
After Augustine of Canterbury performed the initial conversions in England, Birinus, a Frank, came to the kingdom of Wessex in 634,Шаблон:Sfn landing at the port of Hamwic, now in the St Mary's area of Southampton. During Birinus's brief time at Hamwic, St Mary's Church was founded.Шаблон:Sfn
A Benedictine monk, Birinus had been made bishop by Asterius in Genoa,Шаблон:Sfnm and Pope Honorius I created the commission to convert the West Saxons.Шаблон:Sfn In 635, he persuaded the West Saxon king Cynegils to allow him to preach. Cynegils was trying to create an alliance with Oswald of Northumbria, with whom he intended to fight the Mercians. At the final talks between kings, the sticking point was that Oswald, a Christian, would not ally himself with a pagan. Cynegils then converted and was baptised.[1]Шаблон:Sfn He gave Birinus Dorchester-on-Thames for his episcopal see.Шаблон:Sfn Birinus's original commission entailed preaching to parts of Britain where no missionary efforts had reached and may have included instructions to reach the Mercians. But he ultimately remained in Wessex.Шаблон:Sfn
Birinus is said to have been active in establishing churches in Wessex:Шаблон:Sfn foundations ascribed to him include St Mary's in Reading,[2] St Peter and St Paul, Checkendon, near Reading,[3] and the first church at Ipsden, built about two miles from the present church.[4] Birinus baptised Cynegils's son Cwichelm (died 636) in 636Шаблон:Sfnm and grandson Cuthred (died 661) in 639, to whom he stood as godfather.Шаблон:Sfnm
Birinus died in Dorchester on 3 December in 649 or 650.Шаблон:Sfn
Veneration
Birinus' feast day is 3 December in the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church,[5]Шаблон:Sfn but some churches celebrate his feast on 5 December.Шаблон:Sfn His feast was added to the Roman Martyrology in the late 16th century.Шаблон:Sfn In the Church of England, his feast day falls on 4 September and has the status of a commemoration.[6]Шаблон:Sfn His relics were eventually translated to Winchester after his death.Шаблон:Sfn
A small number of Church of England parish churches are dedicated to Birinus, including those at Berinsfield in Oxfordshire and Redlynch in Wiltshire. The Catholic church in Dorchester, one of the first built after the restoration of the hierarchy[7] by Pope Pius IX, is also dedicated to Birinus.
See also
- Church of St Birinus, Morgan's Vale
- St Birinus School (Didcot)
- Lantfred wrote a vita
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