Celtic Christianity

Christianity in the Celtic language–speaking world during the early Middle Ages

7 dated entries naming Celtic Christianity, drawn from 7 separate years between 470 CE and 1172 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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5th century

470Finnian of Clonard, Irish monastic saint (d. 549)source

6th century

510Gildas, Celtic monk (approximate date)source
549December 12 – Finnian of Clonard, Irish monastic saint (b. 470)source

7th century

664Synod of Whitby: King Oswiu of Northumbria calls for a meeting at Whitby Abbey to settle the church practices in his kingdom—those of the Celtic Church (of Wales, Scotland and the north of England – preached by Irish missionaries) or the Roman Church (of the south of England). The matters discussed include how to calculate the date of Easter. It is decided to follow the practice of Rome. As a result, many Irish clergy leave Northumbria and return to Ireland.source
700King Geraint of Dumnonia receives a letter from Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne, who insists that the Celtic Church comply with the doctrines of Rome.source

8th century

768Archbishop Elfodd of Gwynedd persuades the Welsh Church to accept the Roman dating of Easter, as agreed by the British Church at the Synod of Whitby (see 664).source

12th century

1172c. October – The Synod of Cashel in Ireland brings Celtic Christianity more into alignment with the Latin Church (the modern Catholic Church).source