People
The ____________ were the first known settlers of Ireland. They first came to Ireland a few _____________ years before Christ.
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Celts
Hundred
"beside the forest of Foclut which is near the western sea, and they were crying as if with one voice: 'We beg you, __________ ___________, that you shall come and ___________ ____________ _____________ _____________ ____________.'"
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holy youth
shall walk again among us
On ___________ ________, people in many countries around the world celebrate St. Patrick's Day by wearing green clothing decorated with shamrocks and eating traditional Irish cooking.
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March 17
One of the most famous Irish missionaries besides Patrick is _______________. He worked in the Bristish Isles and France, though a popular legend says that he also once traveled to America.
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Brendan
Similar to Patrick was a missionary that history would call ______ ______________ - a man dedicated to the Christianizing of Scotland in the 500s.
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St. Columba
It was in the _______ century after Christ that Christianity in Ireland began to grow stronger, thanks in part to the hard work and dedication of _____ ______________.
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Fifth
St. Patrick
"I was like a stone lying in deep mire, and he that is mighty came and in his mercy raised me up... Who was it summoned me, _ ____________, from the midst of those who appear wise and learned in the law and powerful in ____________ and in all things? Me, truly wretched in this world, he inspired before others."
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a fool
rhetoric
In the ____________ century, two great monastic founders, Finnian of Clonard and Ciaran of Clonmacnoise, died of a horrendous plague that swept through Ireland in ___________.
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sixth
548
In most other European countries, monasteries were inhabited by single men who had taken an oath never to get married or have children, while in Ireland, many monasteries were built on family land and were a center of the community. The Irish monks were often ______________.
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married
Along with his followers, Columba built churches and a monastery on the island of ___________, off the southwestern coast of Scotland.
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Iona
Patrick was born into a Christian, Romanized family living on the west coast of ______________ in the early __________.
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Britain
400's
The establishment and advancement of _______________, the practice of denouncing a worldly life to more fully embrace holiness, is what finally completed the conversion of the Irish religious culture.
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monasticism
The cemetery at Skellig Michael, a monastery on a small rugged island off the coast of Ireland. This medieval monastery was abandoned in the ___________.
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1200's
The Irish monks, along with their families, farmed the land and cared for their neighbors by teaching, preaching, and fellowshipping with them. The monks had another important job: they ________________________________________________________________________.
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wrote copies of the Bible and other Christian literature.
The Christians of Scotland and Ireland (often called ______________ _____________) did not follow the same practices that other Christians who belonged to the Christian churches of the West did.
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Celtic Christians
Patrick was ________ years old when he was kidnapped and sold as a slave in Ireland.
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16
____________ and ___________ practice monasticism.
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Monks
Nuns
Muckross Abbey is near the town of Killarney in southern Ireland. The current abbey was built in the ____________, though the original monastery was built centuries earlier.
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1400's
The monks working in the _______________, the writing room, were supposed to be silent and not interrupt the writing progress, but many of them wrote little notes to each other on the corners of the books' pages.
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scriptorium
Finally it was decided that traditional ____________ practices would prevail, and the Celtic Christians were required to adopt them .
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Roman
Describe the two legends associated with St. Patrick.
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Snake wrangler, driving all snakes from Ireland and into the ocean.
Used a shamrock to represent the Trinity
_________________ were not uncommon during the time of St. Patrick and the century following his ministry in Ireland (and in other parts of Europe), but they were not embraced wholeheartedly by the Church as a recommended way of life.
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Monasteries
One of the most famous medieval Irish monasteries was Glendalough, approximately 30 miles south of Dublin. Many of its buildings are still preserved for visitors to see and experience. Most of the buildings date back to the ____________ - _____________, though the monastery itself is even older.
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900's
1100's
Describe the process of book making by the monks~
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The monks did not have ink, paper, or parchment unless they made it. They made parchment by soaking, stretching, scraping, and drying animal skins. Next they made dyes for their ink by soaking, mashing, and straining certain berries and fruits...
Columba was also called Columcille, which means "________ ___ _____ ___________."
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Dove of the Church