Coenred 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E VIII |
| Dates | 709 (taq) / 709 (tpq) |
| Variant Names | Coinred |
| Religion | Christian |
| Ethnicity | Anglo-Saxon |
| Locations | Mercia (officeplace); Mercia (residence); Rome (residence); Mercia; Rome |
| Occupation | Monk |
| Titles | King, Mercia (office) |
| Textual Sources | Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica, ed. B. Colgrave and R. A. B. Mynors (Oxford, 1969) (history); Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle); Paulus Diaconus, Historia Gentis Langobardorum, ed. L. Bethmann and G. Waitz, MGH, Scr. Rer. Lang., pp. 12-187; also in MGH, Scr. Rer. Ger. 48, pp. 49-242 (history) |
According to the Liber Pontificalis and to Paul the Deacon, two kings of the Saxons went to Rome on a pilgrimage in the time of pope Constantine (Konstantinos 136) and died there: Lib. Pont. 90. 9, Paul. Diac. Hist., Lang. VI 28. They are identified in Bede, Hist. Eccl. V 19, as Coenred 1 (Coinred), king of Mercia, and Offa 1, son of the Saxon king of the east Saxons, Sigher; in the fourth year of Osred (in 709), Coinred went to Rome, where he became a monk and remained until his death; he was accompanied by Offa; see Duchesne, Lib. Pont., p. 394, n. 25.
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