Oswald dari Northumbria

Santo Oswald dari Northumbria
Sebuah lukisan abad ke-12 St Oswald di Katedral Durham
Lahir	s. 604 Deira, Northumbria
Meninggal	5 Agustus 641/642
Dihormati di	Gereja Katolik, Persekutuan Anglikan, Eastern Orthodoxy
Kanonisasi	Pre-Congregation
Tempat ziarah	Bardney Abbey, Lincolnshire, Inggris; relik kemudian dipindahkan ke St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester, England [1]
Pesta	5 Agustus

Oswald (bahasa Inggris Kuno: Osuualde;^[1] s 604 – 5 Agustus 641/642^[2]) adalah Raja Northumbria dari 634 sampai kematiannya, dan dimuliakan sebagai orang kudus,^[3] dimana ini menjadi sebuah kultus pada Abad Pertengahan.^[4]

Oswald adalah putra dari Æthelfrith dari Bernicia dan berkuasa setelah menjalani masa di pengasingan. Setelah mengalahkan penguasa InggrisCadwallon ap Cadfan, Oswald membawa dua kerajaan Northumbria, Bernicia dan Deira kembali berada di bawah penguasa tunggal, dan mempromosikan perkabaran agama Kristen di Northumbria.

1. ^ https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED19344&egs=all
2. ^ Bede gives the year of Oswald's death as 642, however there is some question as to whether what Bede considered 642 is the same as what would now be considered 642. R. L. Poole (Studies in Chronology and History, 1934) put forward the theory that Bede's years began in September, and if this theory is followed (as it was, for instance, by Frank Stenton in his notable history Anglo-Saxon England, first published in 1943), then the date of the Battle of Heavenfield (and the beginning of Oswald's reign) is pushed back from 634 to 633. Thus, if Oswald subsequently reigned for eight years, he would have actually been killed in 641. Poole's theory has been contested, however, and arguments have been made that Bede began his year on 25 December or 1 January, in which case Bede's years would be accurate as he gives them.
3. ^ See entry for 5 August Diarsipkan 2017-06-18 di Wayback Machine..
4. ^ Craig, Oswald