Christianization of the British Isles

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The Christianization of the British Isles was the gradual process by which the peoples of Britain and Ireland converted from indigenous pagan religions to Christianity through missions, monastic networks, and royal patronage from late antiquity into the early Middle Ages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christianization
historical process
history of Christianity in Europe
religious conversion
chronologyNote process was gradual and regionally uneven
conflictWith Viking paganism in later centuries
pagan aristocratic traditions
documentedIn Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Annals of Ulster
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Irish hagiographies of Saint Patrick
effect Christianization of royal law codes
creation of hagiographical traditions
decline of pagan cults in the British Isles
establishment of diocesan structures
foundation of monasteries
spread of Latin literacy
endTime early Middle Ages
followedBy development of insular monastic culture
emergence of Christian kingdoms in Britain and Ireland
integration of the British and Irish churches into Latin Christendom
production of Insular art
hasPart Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England
Christianization of Britain
Christianization of Ireland
Christianization of Scotland
Christianization of Wales
Christianization of the Irish Sea region
Christianization of the Picts
influencedBy Celtic Christianity
Frankish Church
Irish monasticism
Roman Christianity
mainTerritory Britain
linked to: Great Britain

British Isles
Ireland
religion Christianity
replaced Anglo-Saxon paganism
Celtic paganism
indigenous pagan religions
significantEvent Gregorian mission to Kent
Synod of Whitby
adoption of Roman Easter dating in England
conversion of Clovis I’s successors’ British allies
conversion of King Edwin of Northumbria
conversion of King Æthelberht of Kent
foundation of Iona Abbey
foundation of Lindisfarne monastery
mission of Aidan of Lindisfarne
mission of Augustine of Canterbury
mission of Columbanus from the Irish tradition
mission of Palladius to Ireland
mission of Saint Patrick to Ireland
significantPerson Aidan of Lindisfarne
Augustine of Canterbury
Bede
linked to: Venerable Bede

Columba
Edwin of Northumbria
Gregory the Great
Oswald of Northumbria
linked to: Saint Oswald

Oswiu of Northumbria
Palladius
Pope Honorius I
Saint Patrick
Theodore of Tarsus
Æthelberht of Kent
startTime late antiquity
use ecclesiastical organization
missionary activity
monastic networks
royal patronage

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Christianization of Europe hasPart Christianization of the British Isles
Christianization of the British Isles hasPart Christianization of Britain
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Christianization of the British Isles hasPart Christianization of Ireland
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Christianization of the British Isles hasPart Christianization of Scotland
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Christianization of the British Isles hasPart Christianization of Wales
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Christianization of the British Isles hasPart Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Christianization of the British Isles hasPart Christianization of the Picts
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Christianization of the British Isles hasPart Christianization of the Irish Sea region
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Kingdom of the East Angles notableEvent Christianisation of East Anglia
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Ruthwell Cross inscriptions associatedPeriod Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
The Rood associatedWith Anglo-Saxon Christianity
subject linked to: the Rood
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Saint Drostan notableFor Christianization of northeastern Scotland
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
St Augustine's Abbey associatedWith Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Bernicia influenced Christianization of northern England
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Kingdom of Deira notableEvent Christianization under King Edwin
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Sitric Silkenbeard influenced Christianization of Dublin
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Saint Erc hasRoleIn Christianization of Ireland
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles