Important People during Christian Conversion
History: KS2 National Curriculum, topic 3.2.9
Important People during Christian Conversion
Saint Columba
- Columba was a monk from Ireland.
- Columba came to Scotland in AD 563.
- Columba helped spread Christianity in Scotland.
- Columba started a monastery on the island of Iona.
Saint Augustine
- Augustine came to Britain in AD 597.
- He was sent by Pope Gregory.
- Augustine converted King Æthelberht of Kent.
- Augustine built churches and taught people about Christianity.
- He built Canterbury Cathedral.
Saing Aidan
- Aidan was a monk from Iona.
- Aidan built a monastery on Lindisfarne Island in AD g34.
- Aidan converted many Anglo-Saxons.
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