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In this year, Constantine's fought at the Milvian Bridge, conquering under the Sign of the Cross
312 AD
He wrote the Confessions and City of God
St Augustine of Hippo
He is considered the Father of Celtic Christianity
St Patrick
This means "pray and work" in Latin, the foundation of St Benedict's Rule
Ora et Labora
Council of Nicaea
4th C
5th Century AD
He was the king who fought and was victorious at the famous Battle of Edington in 878
Alfred the Great
He was Roland's best friend in the acclaimed Song of Roland
Oliver (or Olivier)
In Beowulf, this creature is said to have descended from Cain
Grendel
Otto I
10th
In this year, the mutual excommunication of the Papal messenger and the patriarch of Constantinople
1054 AD
He wrote the Ecclesiastical History of the English People
The Venerable Bede
His father Henry the Fowler, was Duke of Saxony and King of East Francia, in the 10th Century
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
Subject of much theological and devotional controversy for centuries; Charlemagne and Empress Irene of Constantinople had opposing views on the subject
The use of Icons (Iconoclasm)
The Great Schism
11th
In this year, Otto I is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome on Christmas Day
962 AD
This pope sent St Augustine of Canterbury to spread Christianity from Rome to Great Britain in the 6th Century
From England, he was the most prominent academic in Charlemagne's court, the royal family's tutor
Alcuin of York
From the Latin, it's the name of the clause which added "...and the Son" to the Nicene Creed
The Filioque Clause
The Battle of Hastings
11th
In this day of the year 800, Charlemagne was crowned Roman Emperor
Christmas Day
He established a monastery in the Scottish Island of Iona, bringing Celtic Christianity to the Picts and the Scots
St Columba
He is considered the Father of Western Monasticism
St Benedict of Nursia
This geographic feature the Romans named it Mare Nostrum, meaning Our Sea, was the heart of western civilization
The Mediterranean
Fall of Rome and the Western Roman Empire
5th C