In 688 Cædwalla abdicated and went on a pilgrimage to Rome, possibly because he was dying of the wounds he had suffered while fighting on the Isle of Wight.
En 688 Caedwalla abdicou ao poder e foi en peregrinación a Roma, posiblemente porque xa estaba a morrer debido ás feridas que sufrira mentres loitaba na Illa de Wight.