Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 41.892, 12.511 · 13 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 435 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | The Goths sacked the city of Rome, and after this the Romans could no longer rule Britain. (The heading year 435 is kept as in the chronicle.) |
| AD 590 | Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks | Pope Gregory of Rome |
| AD 596 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | Pope Gregory sent Augustine with many monks to preach to the Angles of Britain. |
| AD 688 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | Cædwalla, baptized at Rome by Pope Sergius, died within seven days and was buried at St Peter's; Ine became king of Wessex. |
| AD 728 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | Ine went to Rome and died there; Æthelheard succeeded to the throne of Wessex. |
| AD 797 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | The Romans cut out the tongue of Pope Leo, gouged out his eyes, and drove him out; but soon, by God's help, he regained his sight and speech. tradition |
| AD 853 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | When Æthelwulf sent his son Alfred to Rome, Pope Leo consecrated him as king and adopted him as his son. |
| AD 854 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | King Æthelwulf went to Rome with great pomp and stayed there a year; on the way back he took Judith, daughter of the Frankish king Charles, as his queen. |
| AD 883 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | Pope Marinus sent Alfred a piece of the Lord's cross, and conveyed Alfred's alms to Rome and to India (St Thomas and St Bartholomew). |
| AD 1022 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | Archbishop Æthelnoth received the pallium from Pope Benedict in Rome and was consecrated and blessed. |
| AD 1031 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | King Cnut went to Rome. |
| AD 1061 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | Bishop Ealdred went to Rome to receive the pallium, and Earl Tostig and his wife also went to Rome. |
| AD 1103 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | Archbishop Anselm, by agreement with the king, went from Canterbury to Rome. |