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History of Christianity is a six part survey designed to stimulate your curiosity by providing glimpses of pivotal events and persons in the spread of the church.
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The dates refer to the focus date of a story when known, otherwise any key year associated with the subject.
? means that a year is uncertain or unknown within a wide range
ca. means "circa," or "about"
ff means "and following"
fl. means flourished
602 . . . Irish
Abbot Comgall
611 . . . Death
of Ireland's St. Colman Ela
616 . . . Ethelbert,
1st Christian King of Kent
627 . . . Thirteen-Year-Old
Hild Was Baptized
633ff . . Christians
and Muslims (Glimpses)
633 . . . Pow-wow
in Seville
636 . . . Isidore
Knew All There Was to Know
640 . . . Humble,
Generous Eligius Became Bishop
ca. 640 . . . Severinus Finally Became
Pope
642 . . . Oswald
a Battle Martyr
653 . . . Honorable
St. Honorius of Canterbury
656 . . . Maximus
the Confessor Faced Heretics
ca. 660 . . . Botulph Drove
Evil Spirits from Ox-Island
661 . . . Feast
of Finan, Bishop of Lindisfarne
665 . . . Pelagius
I, Controversial Nominee for Pope
672 . . . Chad
Died as Foretold in His Vision
673ff . . The
Venerable Bede (Glimpses)
680 . . . Humble Queen Bathilde
680 . . . Caedmon,
1st Anglo-Saxon Christian Poet
680 . . . 6th
Council Grappled with Christ's Natures
684 . . . After
Delay, Pope St. Benedict II Consecrated
685 . . . Cuthbert
Died in Lindisfarne
690 . . . Theodore
of Tarsus Acceptable to All
ca. 700 . . . All Saints' Day
704 . . . Ireland's
Author-Evangelist Adamnan
709 . . . Wilfrid
of York Passed Beyond Disputes
731 . . . Syrian
Scholar Became Gregory III
732 . . . Martel vs. Islam at Tours
735 . . . Chanting
"Glory Be to the Father" Bede Died
739 . . . Death
of Willobrord, Apostle to Frisians
fl. 745 . . . Thecla, a Woman
to Tame the Wild Teutons
752 . . . Stephen
III became pope
753 . . . Pirminius,
Abbot of the Apostles' Creed
754 . . . Pagan
Attack Felled St. Boniface
766 . . . Chrodegang
Wore Civil and Clergy Hats
779 . . . Reading
Eigil's Life of Sturm
779 . . . Walburga,
Foremost German Abbess
793 . . . Vikings
Looted Lindisfarne
799 . . . Paul
the Deacon Became History
799 . . . Leo
III Attacked in a Procession
800 . . . Charlemagne
Crowned as Holy Roman Emperor
804 . . . Alcuin:
Charlemagne's Finest Scholar
821 . . . Death
of Court Poet Theodulf
842 . . . Theodora
Restored Icons
ca. 850 . . . St. Solange of Berry
856 . . . Rhabanus
Maurus Wrote an Encyclopedia
860 . . . Paschachius
Wrote on Christ's Body & Blood
862 . . . Beloved
Bishop St. Swithun
869 . . . Death
of Cyril, Slavic Apostle
869 . . . Disagreeable
8th Church Council
869 . . . Enduring
Legend of Popular Martyr King
865 . . . Anskar,
Apostle of the North
870ff . . Alfred
the Great (Glimpses)
878 . . . Alfred
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