Early Christian Missionaries
This man was taken from his home and enslaved in another land. He escaped and later returned to that land.
St. Patrick
Name two of Justinian's talents/gifts.
Organization
Dedication to work
Physical stamina
Skilled as a poet and musician
Able to inspire loyalty in others
He wrote the famous Rule that guided monastic life.
St. Benedict
The Byzantine art style that made pictures from tiny tiles of stone and glass.
mosaic
King Theodoric (an Ostrogothic King) imprisoned Boethius. During this time he wrote what book?
Consolation of Philosophy
This missionary was sent to England by Pope St. Gregory.
St. Augustine of Canterbury
Name of Justinian's general who reconquered parts of the West.
Belisarius
Who is St. Benedict's sister?
St. Scholastica
Hagia Sophia
What were the years of Pope St. Gregory's papacy?
590-604
St. Patrick went to Ireland to convert the Gaelic people. Their extended family groups are known as ____________.
Clans
Justinian eventually grew this emotion toward his friend and general.
jealousy
Boethius translated Greek philosophy and wrote summaries of __________________________.
Seven liberal arts
Name one reason why Justinian had the Codex Justinianus written?
To address corruption
Make action in court easier for ordinary citizens
What year was Monte Cassino founded?
529
King Ethelbert
Name of the riots that struck Constantinople.
Nika Revolt
Describe what St. Benedict did after leaving Rome - and before the founding of Monte Cassino.
Moved outside of Rome, met monk names Romanus, lived as a hermit for three years (cave in the the mountains)
The name of simple, beautiful form of church music that united the music.
Gregorian Chant
Pope St. Gregory organized the defense of Rome while prefect against this tribe.
Lombards
St. Patrick converted this Irish King.
King Laoghaire
What did Justinian do when the Huns broke through the Byzantine lines outside of Constantinople?
Called Belisarius out of retirement
Bonus 100 - What did he do after the victory to Belisarius?
What became the motto of Benedictine life? What does it mean?
Ora et labora.
Pray and work.
What were the four items that missionaries took with them during Pope St. Gregory's papacy?
Missale Romanum
Four Gospels in Latin (in Vulgate)
St. Benedict's Rule
What is the name of the two Germanic tribes that inhabited England before missionaries bought Christianity?
Saxons and Angles