gave a long speech that described all his career as a churchman. The main difficulty lay in Wilfrid's refusal to obey Berhtwald, who had archiepiscopal authority over him. The decision of the council was that Wilfrid should remain exiled from York and return to the monastery of Ripon and not leave and no longer be a bishop. Wilfrid disagreed with this decision and appealed to the papacy again. Wilfrid was eventually reconciled to the archbishop, bishops and laymen at the Council of Nidd in 705. Citations References Austerfield Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England Christianity in Yorkshire History of Catholicism in England Northumbria 700s 8th century in England Austerfield