Ceadwalla 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VII |
| Variant Names | Cedoal |
| Religion | Christian |
| Ethnicity | Anglo-Saxon |
| Locations | Rome; Ticinum (N. Italy) |
| Titles | King of the Anglo-Saxons (office) |
| Textual Sources | Paulus Diaconus, Historia Gentis Langobardorum, ed. L. Bethmann and G. Waitz, MGH, Scr. Rer. Lang., pp. 12-187; also in MGH, Scr. Rer. Ger. 48, pp. 49-242 (history) |
Ceadwalla 1 was king of the Anglo-Saxons; after waging many wars in his own country, he converted to Christianity and went to Rome; he was warmly received by the Lombard king Cunincpert 1 (at Ticinum) and then went on to Rome, where he was baptised by pope Sergius (Sergios 30) and given the new name of Petrus; shortly afterwards he died and was buried in the basilica of St Peter; his epitaph is included in the Historia Langobardorum (and also in the Ecclesiastical History of Bede): Paul. Diac., Hist. Lang. VI 15; Bede, Hist. Eccl., V 7.
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