Alfred's pilgrimage to Rome
853 · Event
Four-year-old Alfred is sent to Rome, where Pope Leo IV invests him with the insignia of a consul; he returns there with his father in 855.
On these timelines: Alfred and the Vikings, England, The Papacy, Master, Christianity
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- Great Heathen Army lands (865)
- Death of Alfred the Great (899)
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- Twelfth Night attack at Chippenham (878)
- Treaty of Wedmore / Danelaw (878)
- Alfred takes London (886)
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