Mailoc

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Mailoc (or Maeloc ) was the first Bishop of Britonia to attend the 2nd Council of Braga in 572 . He represented the communities of the British-Celtic settlers in Galicia ( Britonienisis ecclesiae episcopus ).

literature

  • John T. Koch: Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia . ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara 2006.
  • Melville Richards: Mailoc . In: Habis , III, 1972, p. 159.
  • Antonio Tovar: Un obispo con nombre británico y los orígenes de la diócesis de Mondoñedo . In: Habis , III, 1972, pp. 155-158.
  • José Vives: Concilios visigóticos e hispano-romanos . Madrid 1963.
  • Simon Young: The Bishops of the early medieval diocese of Britonia . In: Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 45 (2003), pp. 1-20.
  • Simon Young: Note on Britones in Thirteenth-century Galicia . In: Studia Celtica , XXXV (2001), p. 361 f.
  • Simon Young: The Forgotten Colony . In: History Today , L, October 2000, p. 5 f.
personal data
SURNAME Mailoc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maeloc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Galician-British bishop
DATE OF BIRTH before 572
DATE OF DEATH after 572