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Synod of Whitby
Also known as Whitby 664
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- point in time. 664high · Wikidata P585
Northumbrian synod (664) where King Oswiu adopted the Roman Easter reckoning over the Irish one; just after the Atlas range.
Wikipedia extract
The Synod of Whitby was a Christian administrative gathering held in Northumbria in 664, wherein King Oswiu ruled that his kingdom would calculate Easter and observe the monastic tonsure according to the customs of Rome rather than the customs practised by Irish monks at Iona and its satellite institutions. The synod was summoned at Hilda's double monastery of Streonshalh (Streanæshalch), later called Whitby Abbey, in modern day Yorkshire.
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- Synod of Whitby · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata Q1265740 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1912) article · Various (Catholic Encyclopedia)Accessed 2026-11-12 · 1907-1912 text public domain in the US; dated and confessional, use for history of reception
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- Q1265740
- VIAF 156255454
- Library of Congress no98095139
- Catholic Encyclopedia 15610a
irish-christianity · easter · 7th-century