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The next early medieval source to discuss Romano-British Christianity was the ninth-century Historia Brittonum, later attributed—perhaps mistakenly—to the Welsh monk Nennius. [64] In the high and later Middle Ages, historical accounts continued to be produced which discussed the establishment of Christianity in Roman Britain. [64]
[4]: 5 Romano-British temples were sometimes erected at locations that had earlier been cultic sites in pre-Roman Iron Age Britain. [ 4 ] : 2–3 A new style of " Romano-Celtic temple " developed, influenced by both Iron Age and imperial Roman architectural styles but distinct from both; buildings in this style remained in use until the 4th ...
360 Julian the Apostate becomes the last non-Christian Roman Emperor; 363–364 Council of Laodicea: Canon 29 decreed anathema for Christians who rest on the Sabbath, disputed Canon 60 named 26 NT books (excluded Revelation) 366–367 Antipope Ursicinus, rival to Pope Damasus I; 367–403 Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis, wrote Panarion against ...
The second book begins with the death of Gregory the Great in 604, and follows the further progress of Christianity in Kent and the first attempts to evangelise Northumbria. [4] These encountered a setback when Penda, the pagan king of Mercia, killed the newly Christian Edwin of Northumbria at the Battle of Hatfield Chase in about 632. [4]
Alban, the first British Christian martyr and by far the most prominent, is believed to have died in the early 4th century (some date him in the middle 3rd century), followed by Saints Julius and Aaron of Isca Augusta. Christianity was legalised in the Roman Empire by Constantine I in 313.
His death could also have been seen as a failure by God and St Peter to protect the king, damaging the credibility of the cult which he had supported. The alliance between Penda and Cadwallon has been further interpreted as a reaction against Eadwine's expansionism and enforcement of Roman Christianity. [117]
Peter of Verona, 1252 by Cathars - Canonized 11 months after his death; the fastest in history. Martyrs of Sandomierz, 1260; Antonio Pavoni, 1374 by Waldensians; Tsar Lazar, 1389 [75] Nicholas Tavelic, 1391; John of Nepomuk, 1393 [76] Jan Huss (1415) and Jerome of Prague (1416) - executed for heresy by the Roman Catholic Council of Constance
This is a timeline showing the dates when countries or polities made Christianity the official state religion, generally accompanying the baptism of the governing monarch. Adoptions of Christianity to AD 1450