medievalpoc:An African Abbot in Anglo-Saxon England To commemorate Black History Month in the United
medievalpoc:An African Abbot in Anglo-Saxon England To commemorate Black History Month in the United Kingdom, today we remember one of the first Africans to live in Anglo-Saxon England. The man in question was Hadrian (d. 709), the abbot of St Peter’s and St Paul’s at Canterbury, who played a pivotal role in the development of the early Anglo-Saxon Church.Read More at the British Library Medieval Manuscripts Blog! -- source link