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 ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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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
Early Irish History and Mythology → subject → Christianization of Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Oisín → associatedWith → Christianization of Ireland (in later tales) ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Saint Maudez → associatedWith → Christianization of Cornwall ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Book of Durrow → regionOfArtHistoricalContext → Hiberno-Saxon world ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Isle of Iona → associatedWithEvent → Christianization of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
History of Wales → includesTopic → Christianisation of Wales ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles
Erc of Slane → hasInfluenceOn → Christianization of Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of the British Isles