Of course, Lincoln's 5th-/6th-century church not only evidence for continuing Romano-British Christianity in eastern Britain e.g. in c. 600, Pope Gregory sent St Augustine the relics of Sixtus II to replace those of an unknown British St Sixtus whose cult he encountered...
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And not forgetting that some Anglo-Saxons were also converted pre-Augustine, of course! For example, Pilu & Genereus were two Christian 'Saxons' who were on Iona with St Columba before AD 597: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/columba-e.asp … (chps 11+23) :)
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As to who the late and post-Roman churches in Lincoln's forum were associated with, one good possibility is the Romano-British Bishop of Lincoln, first recorded in AD 314 & perhaps also visible in distribution of late Roman tanks/fonts around Lincoln...pic.twitter.com/UAtF2rr8dE
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For more on the regional context of the 5th-/6th-century apsidal church in the forum at Lincoln, see https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/759698675996037120 … :)
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Also relevant when thinking about the context of the continued 'post-Roman' activity in the forum at Lincoln:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/741901272899522560 …
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Finally, the Greetwell villa-palace just outside of Lincoln is intriguing too—probable residence of Late Roman provincial governor, maintained into 5thC w/ immense corridors & mosaics, plus indications of post-Roman activity & estate continuity… http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/02/roman-mosaics-from-lincolnshire.html …pic.twitter.com/MkWAgGe9ce
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For interest, an early Anglo-Saxon pot from the Greetwell villa-palace & its implications :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/04/an-early-anglo-saxon-pot-from-greetwell.html …pic.twitter.com/6TmVNbdyUO
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Fwiw, has been recently argued that the villa-palace's estate may have survived intact to become an Anglo-Saxon minster estate and, subsequently, the 11thC & later Monks Leys estate at Lincoln… http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/02/roman-mosaics-from-lincolnshire.html … (pic=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Monks_Abbey,_Monks_Road,_Lincoln_(431220060).jpg …)pic.twitter.com/OGqeN4En8m
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The outline of the 5th- to 6th-century apsidal church in the forum at Lincoln with the medieval cathedral behind.pic.twitter.com/a1IPli2Fyl
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Have been egregiously, well nigh criminally remiss in my failure to have seen Lincoln cathedral.
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Definitely worth rectifying ;)
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