60 - 300 AD
Was arrested and sent to Rome, like Paul
St. Ignatius
Converted after the battle of the Milvian Bridge
Constantine
Best known Saint of the Dark Ages
St. Patrick
Criticized worldly leaders and successors of Constantine, not Peter
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Moved papal court to Avignon
Pope Clement V
Went to Rome to discuss the date of Easter
St. Polycarp
Starter monastery in Africa
St. Augustine
His Rule became the basis of almost all Western monasticism
St. Benedict
Early founder of the Carthusians
St. Bruno
Returned the papacy to Rome
Pope Gregory XI
Wrote Treaties and Heresies
St. Irenaeus
Lived on top of pillar for 37 years
St. Simeon the Stylite
Greatest Pope of the Dark Ages
Pope St. Gregory the Great
Archbishop of Canterbury and advisor to King Henry II
St. Thomas Becket
Argued faith and reason could coexist
St. Thomas Aquinas
Asserted that God created the Universe from nothing
St. Clement
1st non-martyr to be declared a Saint
St. Martin of Tours
Key figure sent to Germany in the 700s
St. Boniface
Established inquisition to purge heresy
Pope Gregory IX
French King who wanted papacy moved to Avignon
King Philip IV
Indicated that the soul is immortal by nature, but God also brings the resurrection of the body
St. Ambrose
Went on a quest for the true Cross
Helena (Constantine's mother)
Famous ruler of the age
Alfred the Great or Charlemagne
Gave college of Cardinals sole role in electing the Pope
Pope Nicholas II
Groups (types of people) responsible for fall of Rome
Barbarians