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Coifi

7th century Northumbrian priest

Coifi is a priest recorded by Bede in the Ecclesiastical History of the English People as having presided over the temple at Goodmanham in the Northumbria

Coifi

Edwin of Northumbria

King of Deira and Bernicia from 616 to 632/633

scene as Coifi "formally renounces his superstitions, and asked the king to give him arms and a stallion." Armed with both a sword and spear, Coifi rides

Edwin of Northumbria

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Goodmanham

Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Christianity in 627 CE. He describes how the primus pontificum ("high priest") Coifi gave speech about the uselessness of worshipping the traditional gods and

Goodmanham

Anglo-Saxon paganism

second reference to cultic spaces found in Bede appears in his discussion of Coifi, an influential English pagan priest for King Edwin of Northumbria, who

Anglo-Saxon paganism

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Jorge Luis Borges bibliography

part of "Diálogos del Asceta y del Rey" (1953)) 1953: "La Apostasia de Coifi" 1954: "El Dios y el Rey" 1955: "La Hermana de Eloísa" (with Luisa Mercedes

Jorge Luis Borges bibliography

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Ecclesiastical History of the English People

8th-century Latin history of England by Bede

13(1), 7–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/08957690009598082 Barrow J. (2011) How Coifi Pierced Christ’s Side: A Re-Examination of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History

Ecclesiastical History of the English People

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Horses in Germanic paganism

prohibition is seen in Bede's account of the Anglo-Saxon heathen priest Coifi, who was not permitted to ride, except on mares, or bear arms while pagan

Horses in Germanic paganism

Horses_in_Germanic_paganism

Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England

Conversion of population to Christianity

consulted his leading men on the matter. The first to speak was the head-priest Coifi who explained that the traditional religion offers no benefits, and that

Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England

Christianisation_of_Anglo-Saxon_England

Weapons and armour in Anglo-Saxon England

had symbolic associations. In an account by Bede, the Christian priest Coifi cast a spear into his former pagan temple so as to defile it. In Anglo-Saxon

Weapons and armour in Anglo-Saxon England

Weapons_and_armour_in_Anglo-Saxon_England

List of Catholic priests

the 5th century. He is best known as an author of homiletic literature. Coifi 7th century A priest recorded by Bede in the Ecclesiastical History of the

List of Catholic priests

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List of pagans

Blot-Sweyn, leader of the Swedish pagan renaissance in the 11th century Coifi, priest of the temple at Goodmanham in the Kingdom of Northumbria in 627

List of pagans

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Heathen hof

Germanic pagan temple

describes the conversion of King Edwin of Northumbria. His high-priest, Coifi, convinced that Christianity is a better way, volunteers to personally lead

Heathen hof