114:, written around 700, where he sends a secret message to the saint asking him to prophesy the method of his death. The king is concerned if he should die by the hand of one of his enemies, but the saint tells him that he will die at home in his bed. The description of his death is assumed to be accurate, as Adomnán was writing at a time when Rhydderch's life was probably still relatively well known, and he would be unlikely to attribute a false prophecy to St Columba.
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579:Hen Ogledd
519:Riderch II
407:rulers of
268:References
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83:Hen Ogledd
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682:Arfderydd
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514:Eugein II
409:Dumbarton
78:Brittonic
798:Taliesin
733:Coel Hen
692:Catraeth
687:Carlisle
620:Gododdin
598:Bryneich
593:Alt Clut
499:Teudebur
463:Eugein I
443:Tutagual
330:, p. 114
253:fl. 580
242:Tutagual
177:Rhun Hir
74:Alt Clut
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202:Glasgow
196:In the
173:Gwynedd
131:Morcant
127:Gwallog
108:Adomnán
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