Berinus Converting the Saxons to Christianity


This illustration has been copied from an original Copper Plate engraving published in 1773 Birinus (c. 600 – 649), venerated as a saint, was the first Bishop of Dorchester, and the "Apostle to the West Saxons" for his conversion of the Kingdom of Wessex to Christianity


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Photo credit: © 19th era / Alamy / Afripics
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