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Rh Babylas of Antioch, 266.

Babylon, 156.

Baciiylus, 263.

, quoted by Bede as a witness of the miracles of St. Cuthbert, 49.

, the Hermit, 205. , 211., the Servant of St. Cuthbert, 68. , his Birth, Anno, 673, xvii,—Mabillon, Simeon Dunelm.,StubbsActa Pontif., Sparke and Surtees place it Anno, 677; Gehle gives the year 672; whilst Pagus and Stevenson consider 674 as the true date, xviii., born at Jarrow, xix-xxi.,—After the bulding of the Monastery of Jarrow he retires to it, under Abbot Ceolfrid, xxi. His youth, xxii.; his thirst for study, xxiii; instructed by Trumbert, xxiii.; is taught the art of chanting, by John, Archd. of St. Peter's, at Rome, xxiii; becomes a pupil of John of Beverley, xxiv.; his skill in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, xxiv: his Ars Metrica, xxiv; Life of St. Anastasius, &c., xxiv; account of himself, xxv.; his admission to holy orders, by John, Bishop of Hexham, xxvi; deacon at the age of 19, xxvi; priest at 30, xxvii; becomes an avithor, xxvii; he excels in History-, Astrology, Orthography, Rhetoric, and Poetry, xxxii; his pupils, xxxiii; his supposed journey to Rome, xxxiv.; Mr. Stevenson's argument examined, xl.; his pretended residence at Cambridge, xliv.; visits Archbishop Egbert, xlvii.; on terms of intimacy with King Ceolwulph, xlviii.; Bede's disciples, xlviii; Huetbert, xlix.; Cuthbert,l.; Constantine, 1.; Northelm,l.; his death, l.; its cause, li.; buried at JaiTow, lviii.; his epitaph, quoted by William of Malmesbury, lviii.; his relics removed to Durham, lix., 205; enclosed within a shrine, by Bishop Hugh Pudsey, Ix.; scattered by the Puritanical spirit of the Reformation, lxi.; the Durham inscription, lxi. , 57. Belerophon, the figure of, 157. Belisarius, 282. Belshazzar, 243; his feast, 244. Belus, King of Assyria, 228. Benedict, St. 30, 40, 92, 282. Bethlehem, 167. Bethsaida, Pool of, 162. , the Hermit, a cunning workman in gold and silver, 193, 205. , Abbot of Weremouth, xx. xxi.; his character, xxii.; performs the menial offices in his Monastery, xxv; of noble lineage, 83; Minister of King Oswin, 83; builds a Monastery at the mouth of the River Were, 83; his first journey to Rome, 84; second journey, 84; third journey, 84; accompanies Theodore and Adrian to Britain, 85; rules the Monastery of St. Peter's, Kent, 85; fourth journey to Rome, 86; collects a library, 86; receives a grant of 70 hides of laud from King Æcgfrid, Anno. 674, to build the Monastery of Weremouth, 86; visits Gaul, and brings over on his return masons and artificers in glass, to teach the English, 87; also, the necessary vestments and sacred vessels for his church, 87; his fifth journey to Rome, from whence he brought home all other requisites for his church, 87; also, the privilege of Pope Agatho for his Monastery, 87; and John, the Arch-chanter of St. Peter's at Rome, and Abbot of St. Martin, to teach the English, 87; he also brought pictures, 88; he obtains a second grant from the King, of 40 hides, and builds the Monastery of Jarrow, 88; makes Ceolfrid its first Abbot, 88; and chooses Eosterwiue to be his Assistant Abbot of St. Peter's, 88; his