Columba reports seeing the Loch Ness Monster at the River Ness (according to the "Life of St. Columba"). Cadoc, abbot of Llancarfan (Wales), settles in Weedon and is made bishop (approximate date). Samson of Dol, one of seven founder saints of Brittany, attends a council in Paris and witnesses several royal decrees (approximate date).
Exploration & Expansion
August 22 – Columba reports seeing the Loch Ness Monster at the River Ness (according to the "Life of St. Columba").source
Tulum, Maya walled city, on the Yucatán Peninsula (modern Mexico) is first mentioned on a stele inscription.source
Religion & Belief
Cadoc, abbot of Llancarfan (Wales), settles in Weedon and is made bishop (approximate date).source
Samson of Dol, one of seven founder saints of Brittany, attends a council in Paris and witnesses several royal decrees (approximate date).source
Births
Hermenegild, Visigoth prince (approximate date)source
Li Baiyao, Chinese official and historian (d. 647)source
Deaths
Tudwal, Breton monk and saint (approximate date)source
Laisrén mac Nad Froích, Irish monk and saintsource
Petroc, Celtic prince and saint (approximate date)source
Gao Bainian, crown prince of Northern Qi (b. 556)source