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Penda (c. 577-654)King of Mercia, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in England, from about 632. He raised Mercia to a powerful kingdom, and defeated and killed two Northumbrian kings, Edwin in 632 and Oswald in 642. He was killed in battle by Oswy, king of Northumbria. |
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It was originally a nunnery, founded by Queen Bertha, but done away with by King Penda, the reactionary to Paganism after St. |
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