Celtic Christianity

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Celtic Christianity is an early medieval form of Christianity that developed in the British Isles, characterized by distinctive monastic traditions, liturgical practices, and ecclesiastical structures that differed in some respects from those of Roman Christianity.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian tradition ⓘ
historical religious movement ⓘ
associatedWith Celtic-speaking peoples ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Synod of Whitby ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Iona Abbey ⓘ
Kildare monastery ⓘ
Lindisfarne monastery ⓘ
linked to: Lindisfarne Priory
associatedWithPerson Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne ⓘ
Saint Brigid of Kildare ⓘ
linked to: Brigid of Kildare

Saint Columba ⓘ
Saint Columbanus ⓘ
Saint Patrick ⓘ
associatedWithPractice Celtic tonsure ⓘ
distinct Easter dating ⓘ
private confession and tariffs of penance ⓘ
centeredOn monasteries rather than cities ⓘ
contrastsWith Roman diocesan structure ⓘ
developedInCentury 5th century ⓘ
6th century ⓘ
developedInPeriod early Middle Ages ⓘ
developedInRegion British Isles ⓘ
Brittany ⓘ
Cornwall ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Isle of Man ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
differsFrom Roman Christianity ⓘ
emphasizes ascetic practices ⓘ
missionary activity ⓘ
monasticism ⓘ
penitential discipline ⓘ
facedConflictOver date of Easter ⓘ
tonsure style ⓘ
governedBy monastic networks ⓘ
graduallyIntegratedInto Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
hasCharacteristic distinctive ecclesiastical structures ⓘ
distinctive liturgical practices ⓘ
distinctive monastic traditions ⓘ
influenced Anglo-Saxon Christianity ⓘ
medieval European monasticism ⓘ
mission to Germanic peoples ⓘ
influencedBy Irish monasticism ⓘ
Latin Christianity ⓘ
earlier British Christianity ⓘ
legacyIncludes Celtic Christian art and manuscript illumination ⓘ
Celtic saints cults ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
uses Celtic liturgical customs ⓘ
Celtic monastic rules ⓘ

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Referenced by (115)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iona Abbey → denomination → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Iona → associatedWith → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Saint Columba → denomination → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Lindisfarne → knownFor → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Saint Baldred of Tyninghame → denomination → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Scottish Church → influencedBy → Celtic Church ⓘ
linked to: Celtic Christianity
Scottish Church → associatedWith → Celtic monasticism ⓘ
linked to: Celtic Christianity
Pastoral Letters → associatedWith → Anglo-Saxon Church ⓘ
linked to: Celtic Christianity
Saint Drostan → tradition → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Saint Oswald → religion → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
St Martin’s Cross → culturalContext → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Saint Hilda of Whitby → denomination → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Britons of Strathclyde → religion → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Celtic cross → associatedWith → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Alba → religion → Celtic Christianity (early phase) ⓘ
linked to: Celtic Christianity
sub-Roman Britain → hasReligion → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Oswiu of Northumbria → associatedWith → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
subject linked to: King Oswiu of Northumbria
Upper Ossory → religionHistorically → Gaelic Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Celtic Christianity
Saint Mungo → denomination → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Saint Curig → veneratedIn → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Holy Island → associatedWith → Celtic Church ⓘ
linked to: Celtic Christianity
Saint Cedd → church → Celtic Church ⓘ
linked to: Celtic Christianity
Aidan of Lindisfarne → veneratedIn → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Maentwrog → hasCulturalAssociation → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Voyage of Saint Brendan → religiousSubtradition → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Clonfert Monastery → religion → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Promised Land of the Saints → culturalRegionOfLore → Insular Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Celtic Christianity
Columba → influenced → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Colm Cille → religion → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Saint Blane → veneratedIn → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Doire Cholm Cille → hasHistoricalAssociation → Columban monastic network ⓘ
linked to: Celtic Christianity
Saint Idloes → veneratedIn → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Kingdom of Gwent → religion → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Saint Piran → tradition → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Cornish people → ethnicReligionTradition → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Celtic culture → hasReligion → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Saint Cenydd → veneratedIn → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Drostan of Aberdour → tradition → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Drostán → denomination → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Drustan → veneratedIn → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Beunans Ke → culturalContext → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Thomond → religion → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Devenish Island → denomination → Early Irish Church ⓘ
linked to: Celtic Christianity
Saint Illtyd → movement → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Kingdom of Breifne → religion → Gaelic Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Celtic Christianity
St Illtud’s Church → hasReligiousTradition → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
subject linked to: St Illtud’s church
Bishop of Lindisfarne → denomination → Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Pastoral care of the people of Northumbria → hasCulturalContext → Celtic Christian tradition ⓘ
linked to: Celtic Christianity