Britonia

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Britonic settlement in the 6th century.

Britonia is the historical name of a settlement in Galicia and Asturias in northwestern Spain . In the late 5th and early 6th centuries AD, part of the British Celtic population fled Britain from the Anglo-Saxons . Around the same time, Aremorica (especially what is now Brittany ) in Gaul was settled by emigrating British Celts .

What little is known about Britonia comes from church sources. The British settlements were recognized as a separate diocese at the Council of Lugo in 569. Mailoc was installed as the first bishop of Britonia in the 2nd Council of Braga (572).

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See also

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  • Melville Richards: Mailoc. In: Habis. III, 1972, p. 159.
  • António Tovar: Un obispo con nombre británico y los orígenes de la diócesis de Mondoñedo. In: Habis. III, 1972, pp. 155-158.
  • J. Vives: Concilios visigóticos e hispano-romanos. Madrid 1963.
  • Simon Young: The Bishops of the early medieval diocese of Britonia. In: Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies. no. 45, (2003), pp. 1-20.
  • Simon Young: Note on Britones in Thirteenth-century Galicia. In: Studia Celtica. XXXV (2001), pp. 361-362.
  • Simon Young: The Forgotten Colony. In: History Today. L, oct. 2000, pp. 5-6.
  • Simon Young: Britonia: Camiños Novos. Toxosoutos, Noia 2002, ISBN 84-95622-58-0 . (in Galician )

supporting documents

  1. ↑ John T. Koch: Britonia. In John T. Koch: Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia . ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara 2006, OCLC 634818918 , p. 291.