The Synod of Whitby: Part Two
By the end of the 6th century and beginning part of the 7th century, in the period leading up to the synod, a process of evangelisation had begun in different parts of Britain. The Christian…
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The Synod of Whitby: Part One – Introduction
This is the name retrospectively given to the gathering of Christian clerics at the double monastery of Streaneshalch, located above the town now known as Whitby in 664 AD/CE – in the seventh century. Bede…
Saint Patrick: A Scholarly Search for His Birth Place and Date
This is an article on the background of Saint Patrick rather than looking at his faith or his missionary work for the Irish. Although some of Saint Patrick’s own writings, the Confessio and…