the ledger of connections
The Connections of Gildas
6th-century British monk, writer and saint Every person recorded alongside Gildas in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Gildas in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Caw
- Children
- Allgo, Saint Eigrad, Gwynog
- Teachers
- Illtud
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 500 CE to 570 CE.
Medieval era
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
c. 570 CE – 8 June 632 CE
Final Prophet of Islam whose message united Arabia and today guides two billion people
Medieval era
Empress Theodora
500 CE – June 28, 548 CE
Byzantine empress from 527 to 548
Medieval era
Raedwald of East Anglia
c. 550 CE – 624 CE
7th-century Anglo-Saxon king
Medieval era
Augustine of Canterbury
c. 550 CE – c. 605 CE
6th-century missionary, archbishop, and saint
Medieval era
Æthelberht of Kent
552 CE – February 24, 612 CE
King of Kent from 589
Medieval era
Belisarius
505 CE – March 13, 565 CE
6th century Byzantine general instrumental in reconquest of much of the former Roman Mediterranean territories (505-565)
Medieval era
Isidore of Seville
560 CE – April 4, 636 CE
Hispano-Roman scholar, theologian and bishop (c. 560–636)
Medieval era
Columba
December 7, 521 CE – June 9, 597 CE
6th‑century Gaelic Irish missionary monk, Christian saint, pioneer of Celtic Christianity in Scotland and “Apostle of the Picts”
Medieval era
Columbanus
540 CE – November 23, 615 CE
Irish missionary and saint (540-615)
Medieval era
Taliesin
534 CE – 599 CE
Welsh bard
Medieval era
Aneirin
525 CE – 600 CE
Brythonic (Welsh) poet; author of the Gododdin.
Medieval era
Radegund
518 CE – August 13, 587 CE
Frankish queen consort