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Britons from their lands, Brian Sy eae th cetryhe Anglo Saxon fede to orn rae kn nen ocd and aly hr chan Tac Chiaiy athe rnin lion n rin fered iyacnding mks men who bal Med ei et thax miso nye camer te Ang Saxon Kings 0 Cray ihe kings converted. then the ry pople oak non cri ll Columba One ofthe iat succes missionaries was an Ishan named Columba. Around 563, he fount ‘telgous community, or monastery on the island of Tons. This had ben given to him by the Scots ng. who was already a Christian. rom there, Columba founded several churches theregion and set out convert the pagan Pits > the Chistian menage spread, monks from los ‘moved south nto Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, cvsins ‘new monasteries a hey went Avgustine ‘Meanie, monks fom Rome in Italy were ‘argtng the south of Briain, onthe orders of hie leader, Pope Gregory n 97, he sent a monk ‘named Augustine to meet the most powerfe ‘Anglo Sxon king, Aethebert of Kent RE Actelica thoughe Angutine would try o cst spel on him. But he son changed is ind and became a Christian. (Bogustine st wp a monastery at Canterbury in Teen and became the fret Archbishop of Canter Hip Fope¢ mont eetoe ofl in Briain. Many people fn Kent and Essex (ihe ast Saxons kingdom) ser soon converted to. Littl angels Stormy relations By the secon al ofthe 7h centr thre monasteries and churcherall over Briain. But the ish and Roman Christians became locked imabierfud, a they disagreed over he ight swf do things. Their long-running arguments Faull carne to a bead hen a huge ow blew up over thw tox the dave for Easter each year Tn 664, they hela ametng at Whiley Aboy to sate thir dilerences, The Roman monks won the iy and Christians across Britain agreed tbe tguide bythe teachings of the Pope in Rom Abbe. monk did roughly the ame things they times 3 day: crested manunctps, farmed theirland. Some alo tught the ving them religous insrcton and howto read and wt x In return, the monks si prayers forthe hy i. The dna ae ne were simple wooden sls ie ohers were huge

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