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 RomAbbe.
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