Dates
St. Anthony goes into the Desert
285 A.D
migrated from the East into Europe led by Atilla, displaced thr Gothic tribes, went to Dacia and droveout some Visigoths
The Huns
Born in Bethlahem, had 12 apostles, was crucified Jerusalem, believed to be the son of God
Jesus
Most intelligent and well- read Christian scholar of his time, wrote the first official Latin bible; the Vulgate
Jerome
Son and successor to Charles Martel, crowned King of the Franks, drove out the Lombards of Northern Italy, annointed King by Pope Stephen
Pepin the Short
Council of Nicea
325 A.D
Wanted to settle in Italy, Theodoic was their new king who established their kingdom
The Ostrogoths
Paul
Bishop of Rome, successor to Peter, oversees all chruches in Europe
The Pope
Actress, helped her husband, Justinian, reclaim peace with the Nika Revolt, co-ruler and empress
Theodora
Rome is Sacked by Alaric
410 A.D
A single person who lives a life of solitude
Hermit
Declared himself emperor of Rome, fought Constantine at the Battle of Milvian Bridge, drowned in the Tiber river
Maxentius
Raised in Constantinople as a political hostage, sent by Emperor Zenom sent back to Rome by Zeno to kill Odoacer, established the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy
Theodoric
Sent Benedictine Monks as missionaries to Wessex
Pope Gregory the Great
Battle of Tours
732 A.D
Charlemagne's family
Carolingians
Saw a vision of a cross in the sky, becomes Augustus after the Battle of Milvian Bridge, passes the Edict of Milan, moves the capital to Constantinople
Constantine
3rd Merovingian King of the Salian Franks, life was recorded by Gregory the Bishop of Tours, converted from paganism to Roman Catholicism
Clovis
First Desert Father, spent 20 yrs. in the Egyptain desert
A Syrian Ascetic, live atop old greek pillars to seek isolation
St. Anthony of the Desert
Simon the Stylite
Charlemagne crowned as "Emperor of the Romans"
800 A.D
Western goths, conducted raids in the Roman territory, were treated horribly by the Romans; traded their sons into slavery for stray dogs as food, Alaric is their new king, established a king in Spain
Visigoths
Sent to study under Eusebius, appointed as Caesar of the West, named as Constantius the II's heir, launched a plan to restore the temple in Jerusalem, funded restoration projects, assasinated by one of his own soldiers
Julian the Apostate
Son and successor of Pepin the Heristal, held back until Odo promised to submit as a condition, stopped the advance of the Umayyad Caliphate
Charles Martel
Was British, enslaved in Ireland, returned to Britain as a missionary
St. Patrick