King Penda was widely considered the most powerful Anglo-Saxon King of the time. Since then, the ancient haul dating back to between AD600 and AD650 has become an international sensation.

The origins of the Cathedral can be traced back to King Peada of the Middle Angles, son of King Penda of Mercia, who founded the first monastery on the site in 654 AD.

Later, in 628, King Penda of Mercia defeated the West Saxons, according to Wessex Archaeology. Related: Photos: Medieval Skeletons Unearthed Near Saint's Tomb in England ...

When King Penda appears to Stephen, imploring him to inhabit his role as “our sacred demon of ungovernableness,” it is less to fix his gaze on a lifeless past than to puncture the exquisite ...

In the year 633, the pagan King Penda of Mercia invaded the kingdom of Northumbria in northern England, which had become Christian a short time before. In the same year the saintly king Edwin of ...

Holy Hierarch Aidan of Lindisfarne, Apostle of Northumbria and Wonderworker Commemorated August 31/September 13. Dmitry Lapa. In the year 633, the pagan King Penda of Mercia invaded the kingdom of ...