Offa 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E VIII |
| Dates | 709 (taq) / 709 (tpq) |
| Religion | Christian |
| Ethnicity | Anglo-Saxon |
| Locations | Rome (deathplace); Essex (Britannia) (residence); Rome (residence); Essex (Britannia); Rome |
| Occupation | Monk |
| Textual Sources | Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica, ed. B. Colgrave and R. A. B. Mynors (Oxford, 1969) (history); Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle); 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) |
Offa 1 according to the Liber Pontificalis and to Paul the Deacon, was one of the two Saxon kings who went to Rome as pilgrims in the time of pope Constantine (Konstantinos 136; he was bishop of Rome from 708 to 715) and died there: Lib. Pont. 90. 9, Paul. Diac., Hist. Lang. VI 28. They are identified in Bede, Hist. Eccl. V 19, as the king of Mercia, Coinred (Coenred 1), and the son of Sigher, king of the East Saxons, Offa 1; Coenred 1 and Offa 1 left together for Rome in the fourth year of king Osred (in 709); Offa 1 abandoned everything, including the prospect of becoming king, and became a monk at Rome, where he remained until he died; see Duchesne, Lib. Pont. I, p. 394, n. 25. See also Bede, Chron. s.a. 720.
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