He is the
founder of the Church in southern
England,
which at that time was almost entirely pagan, though Christianity thrived in
the Celtic lands of
Ireland,
Wales and parts of
Scotland.
Augustine, a monk at the monastery of St Andrew in
Rome,
was chosen by Pope Gregory I to lead a mission to
England…
St Bede, or
the Venerable Bede, as he is often called, was born in
673 A.D. on the land of the
monastery of Saints Peter and Paul in Wearmouth. At the age of 7 he was
entrusted to the care of Benedict Biscop, the founder of the monastery, and then
to Ceolfrith who in 681 was appointed Abbot of the monastery’s new foundation in
Jarrow. Bede spent the rest of his life in the monastery. He was ordained
deacon at the age of 19 and priest at 30...
He was born
around 484 at Tralee in
Kerry,
Ireland. He
founded several monasteries in
Ireland,
of which the chief was Cluain Ferta Brenaind (anglicized as Clonfert) in
CountyGalway.
His missionary and pastoral travels took him on voyages to the Scottish
islands, and possibly to
Wales;
thus in his own time he was known as 'Brendan the Voyager.' He reposed in
peace...
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