Britonia

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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 ===
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:

* [[Maeloc]] ([[Second Council of Braga]], 572 – death ?)
# Aristobolus (? no evidence)
* [[Metopius]] ([[Fourth Council of Toledo]], 633)
# S. Lucius (? no evidence)
* [[Sonna of Britonia|Sonna]] ([[Seventh Council of Toledo]], 646 – 653?)
* [[Susa of Britonia|Susa]] ([[Eighth Council of Toledo]], 653 – ?675)
# [[Maeloc]] (MayLocus) ([[Second Council of Braga]], 572 – death ?)
* [[Bela of Britonia|Bela]] ([[Third Council of Braga]], 675–?)
# [[Metopius]] (Methopius) ([[Fourth Council of Toledo]], 633)
# [[Sonna of Britonia|Sonna]] ([[Seventh Council of Toledo]], 646 – 653?)
# [[Susa of Britonia|Susa]] ([[Eighth Council of Toledo]], 653 – 675?)
# [[Bela of Britonia|Bela]] ([[Third Council of Braga]], 675 – ?)
# Theodorindus (685? - 700?)
# Gundisalvus (700? - 716?)
# Rudesindus (760 - ?)


"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>
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