of the dead man. For this reason we have sent a pallium to each of you, beloved, so that you may carry out the consecration as God wills, by our authority and command. It is a long distance by sea and land which lies between us and you, which has compelled us to grant you this... Sending two pallia to England would certainly eliminate the inconvenience of a journey to Rome and back, but sending one to York and one to Canterbury also reveals that the pope wished to create two equal provinces in England. Earlier in II.14, Bede stated that Edwin had established York as an episcopal see for Paulinus at the time of his baptism in 627. Bede also notes in II.16 that evangelizing had resulted in a see at Lincoln, and Paulinus’ that Paulinus had consecrated Archbishop Honorius there after the death of Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury. Bede presents the activities of the Church in the North as crucial to the maintenance and growth of English Christianity generally. The inclusion of Pope letter concerning the pallia thus functions as part of the Rome-based Honorius’ envelope surrounding the analepsis of exile. At the same time, it also reinforces Edwin’s promotion of religious authority within a unified English Church under Bede’s York’s Rome. Strikingly, letter includes information concerning royal intervention in Honorius’ ecclesiastical affairs. Pope Honorius states that he sent the two pallia not only at the request of Archbishop Honorius, but also that of kings our This statement ‘the sons’. reveals that the pope had been in communication with both King Eadbald of Kent and King Edwin, and that the newly converted royal houses were taking an active hand in the developing infrastructure of the Church in England. Evidence for royal participation in the growth of the Church is also seen in the letter from Pope Honorius to Edwin (II.17): Ea uero, quae a nobis pro uestris sacerdotibus ordinanda sperastis, hoc pro fidei uestrae sinceritate, quae nobis multimoda relatione per praesentium portitores laudabiliter insinuata est, gratuito animo adtribuere ulla sine dilatione praeuidemus; et duo pallia utrorumque metropolitanorum, id est Honorio et Paulino, direximus...
of the dead man. For this reason we have sent a pallium to each of you, beloved, so that you may carry out the consecration as God wills, by our authority and command. It is a long distance by sea and land which lies between us and you, which has compelled us to grant you this... Sending two pallia to England would certainly eliminate the inconvenience of a journey to Rome and back, but sending one to York and one to Canterbury also reveals that the pope wished to create two equal provinces in England. Earlier in II.14, Bede stated that Edwin had established York as an episcopal see for Paulinus at the time of his baptism in 627. Bede also notes in II.16 that Paulinus’ evangelizing had resulted in a see at Lincoln, and that Paulinus had consecrated Archbishop Honorius there after the death of Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury. Bede presents the activities of the Church in the North as crucial to the maintenance and growth of English Christianity generally. The inclusion of Pope Honorius’ letter concerning the pallia thus functions as part of the Rome-based envelope surrounding the analepsis of Edwin’s exile. At the same time, it also reinforces Bede’s promotion of York’s religious authority within a unified English Church under Rome. Strikingly, Honorius’ letter includes information concerning royal intervention in ecclesiastical affairs. Pope Honorius states that he sent the two pallia not only at the request of Archbishop Honorius, but also that of ‘the kings our sons’. This statement reveals that the pope had been in communication with both King Eadbald of Kent and King Edwin, and that the newly converted royal houses were taking an active hand in the developing infrastructure of the Church in England. Evidence for royal participation in the growth of the Church is also seen in the letter from Pope Honorius to Edwin (II.17): Ea uero, quae a nobis pro uestris sacerdotibus ordinanda sperastis, hoc pro fidei uestrae sinceritate, quae nobis multimoda relatione per praesentium portitores laudabiliter insinuata est, gratuito animo adtribuere ulla sine dilatione praeuidemus; et duo pallia utrorumque metropolitanorum, id est Honorio et Paulino, direximus...