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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Oswald, king of the Northumbrians, ob. 642

Saint ID

S02187

Reported Death Not Before

642

Reported Death Not After

642

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Monarchs and their family
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04908The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 5 August.
E05858The Calendar of Willibrord, in its earliest version, records the feasts of various saints in August. Written in Latin at Echternach, Frisia (north-east Gaul), 703/710.