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Celtic Christianity. A Celtic Cross in Knock, Ireland. Celtic Christianity[a] is a form of Christianity that was common, or held to be common, across the Celtic-speaking world during the Early Middle Ages. [1] Some writers have described a distinct Celtic Church uniting the Celtic peoples and distinguishing them from adherents of the Roman ...
After Celtic lands became Christianised, there were attempts by Christian writers to euhemerize or even demonize most of the pre-Christian deities, while a few others became Saints in the church. The Tuatha Dé Danann of Irish mythology , who were commonly interpreted as divinities or deified ancestors, were downgraded in Christian writings to ...
Christianity(Irish: Críostaíocht) has been the largest religion in Irelandsince the 5th century. After a pagan pastof Antiquity, missionaries (most famously including Saint Patrick) converted the Irish tribes to Christianity in quick order. This produced a great number of saintsin the Early Middle Ages, as well as a faith interwoven with ...
The established church in Ireland underwent a period of more radical Calvinist doctrine than occurred in England. James Ussher (later Archbishop of Armagh) authored the Irish Articles, adopted in 1615. In 1634, the Irish Convocation adopted the English Thirty-Nine Articles alongside the Irish Articles.
Ellen Organ, an Irish child who became known as "Little Nellie of God" and whose story promoted Pope Pius X to lower the age of first communion. [150] Egbert Xavier Kelly, an Irish Christian Brother who was abducted and killed during the Manila massacre in 1945. [151] Sister Clare Crockett, an Irish nun who died in the 2016 Ecuador earthquake ...
e. Model reconstructing the Pillar of the Boatmen in the Musée de Cluny, Paris. After 14 AD. Ancient Celtic religion, commonly known as Celtic paganism, [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] was the religion of the ancient Celtic peoples of Europe. Because there are no extant native records of their beliefs, evidence about their religion is gleaned from archaeology ...
t. e. Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was originally passed down orally in the prehistoric era. In the early medieval era, some myths were transcribed by Christian monks, who heavily altered and Christianised the myths. Irish mythology is the best-preserved branch of Celtic mythology.
Saint Patrick (Latin: Patricius; Irish: Pádraig [ˈpˠɑːɾˠɪɟ] or [ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ]; Welsh: Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints being Brigid of Kildare and Columba.