added the names of some reported Bishops, seen in a slab of rock outside of Britonia Spain, seen on Google maps. It seems likely that the first two names are folklore, but they are on the slab, so I put them on the list. Who knows? Better to edit than to discredit?
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=== Resident Bishops of Bretoña === |
=== Resident Bishops of Bretoña === |
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Known bishops of the ''ecclesia Brittaniensis'' include: |
A stone memorial{{citation needed|date=July 2025}} which lies just outside of the town of Bretoña A Pastoriza, Lugo, Spain, depicts the names of the bishops. Known bishops of the ''ecclesia Brittaniensis'' have been expanded below: |
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# Aristobolus (? no evidence) |
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# S. Lucius (? no evidence) |
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* [[Susa of Britonia|Susa]] ([[Eighth Council of Toledo]], 653 – ?675) |
# [[Maeloc]] (MayLocus) ([[Second Council of Braga]], 572 – death ?) |
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* [[Bela of Britonia|Bela]] ([[Third Council of Braga]], 675–?) |
# [[Metopius]] (Methopius) ([[Fourth Council of Toledo]], 633) |
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# Theodorindus (685? - 700?) |
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# Gundisalvus (700? - 716?) |
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# Rudesindus (760 - ?) |
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"Bishop Maeloc is the only Britonian prelate who has a Celtic name (= "great"). The other known bishops always bear Latin or Germanic names.(...)".<ref>José Miguel Novo Güisán, ''Los pueblos vasco-cantábricos y galaicos en la Antigüedad Tardía, siglos III-IX'', Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Servicio de Publicaciones, 1992 : "(...) ''el obispo Mailoc, único prelado de Britonia que tiene nombre céltico ( = "grande"). Los demás obispos conocidos llevan siempre nombres latinos o germánicos.(...)''</ref> |
"Bishop Maeloc is the only Britonian prelate who has a Celtic name (= "great"). The other known bishops always bear Latin or Germanic names.(...)".<ref>José Miguel Novo Güisán, ''Los pueblos vasco-cantábricos y galaicos en la Antigüedad Tardía, siglos III-IX'', Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Servicio de Publicaciones, 1992 : "(...) ''el obispo Mailoc, único prelado de Britonia que tiene nombre céltico ( = "grande"). Los demás obispos conocidos llevan siempre nombres latinos o germánicos.(...)''</ref> |