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Oswy or Oswiu (both: ŏz`wē), d. 670, king of Northumbria. He succeeded (641) his brother Oswald Oswald, Saint, d. 641, king of Northumbria (633–41), son of Æthelfrith. In exile during the reign of Edwin, Oswald and his brother Oswy became Christians.
..... Click the link for more information. in Bernicia only, Deira (the other part of Northumbria) having become a dependency of Mercia. However, when he killed Penda Penda, d. 654, king of Mercia (c.632–654). A noble of the Mercian royal house, he fought (629) the king of Wessex for lands along the Severn River. He then allied himself with Cadwallon of Wales, defeated (632) Edwin of Northumbria, and made himself king of
..... Click the link for more information. of Mercia at the battle of Winwæd (654), he not only made himself ruler of all Northumbria but gained actual possession of Mercia and overlordship of the southern English kingdoms. He lost Mercia again to Penda's son Wulfhere in 657. Oswy continued the conversion of England to Celtic Christianity (see Celtic Church Celtic Church, name given to the Christian Church of the British Isles before the mission (597) of St. Augustine of Canterbury from Rome. Founded in the 2d or 3d cent. by missionaries from Rome or Gaul, the church was well established by the 4th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. ), sending missionaries to Mercia and Essex. To resolve the differences between the Celtic and Roman usages of the church in England, the king called the Synod of Whitby Whitby, Synod of, called by King Oswy of Northumbria in 663 at Whitby, England. Its purpose was to choose between the usages of the Celtic and Roman churches, primarily in the matter of reckoning the date of Easter (see calendar; Celtic Church).
..... Click the link for more information. (663), at which he gave his decision in favor of the Roman form of Christianity.

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They are transporting pupils from Seaton Carew to Dyke House School, and from the Headland and King Oswy to English Martyrs School.

Yellow buses get pupils to school by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

Proposal: Erection of a new performing arts centre with car parking and landscaping at St Hilds C of E School, King Oswy Drive, Hartlepool, TS24 9PB.

PLANNING APPLICATIONS by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

Pearl Saddington, youth outreach officer at the museum, who commissioned the play, said: "Easter was celebrated twice at the court of King Oswy, once by him following the Celtic tradition and a week later by his Queen in the Catholic tradition.

PLAY BRINGS VISION OF THE PAST by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)