Who is Father Beocca in The Last Kingdom?

The priest who never gave up on the arseling · Wessex & the Church

Father Beocca (The priest who never gave up on the arseling) is a character in The Last Kingdom, part of Wessex & the Church. Father Beocca baptised Uhtred twice (the first didn't take), served Alfred's court as its rumpled conscience, and spent a lifetime translating between the pagan he loves like a son and the God he argues with like family. Beocca's faith is the show's gentlest argument for it: unglamorous, durable, fluent in forgiveness. His late-life marriage to Thyra and his final voyage north give the series' kindest man the endings he earned — one happy, one heroic.

When does Father Beocca first appear?

Father Beocca first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 of The Last Kingdom (2015–2022, Netflix).

Who is Father Beocca connected to?

Relationships already established when Father Beocca first appears — nothing from later episodes.

• Uhtred of Bebbanburg — Baptised twice; it never took
• King Alfred — The court's rumpled conscience

Which group does Father Beocca belong to?

By the time Father Beocca appears, Wessex & the Church also includes King Alfred.

Who else is introduced in this episode?

• Uhtred of Bebbanburg — Saxon born, Dane raised — destiny is all
• King Alfred — The sickly king dreaming England into existence
• Brida — Saxon-born, Dane to the marrow — the road not taken
• Ragnar the Younger — The Dane brother — the hall that was home

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