Celtic Christianity is a form of Christianity that was common, or held to be common, across the Celtic-speaking world during the Early Middle Ages. The term Celtic Church is deprecated by many histori
A Celtic Cross in Knock, Ireland
Modern icon of Aristobulus of Britannia
Amphibalus baptizing converts, from The Life of St. Alban, written and illustrated by Matthew Paris († 1259)
The discovery of St. Alban's bones, illustrated in The Life of St. Alban
Bede, also known as the Venerable Bede or Bede the Venerable, was an English monk, author and scholar. He was one of the best known writers during the Early Middle Ages, and his most famous work, Eccl
The Venerable Bede writing. Detail from a 12th-century codex.
Stained glass at Gloucester Cathedral depicting Bede dictating to a scribe
Bede's tomb in the Galilee Chapel at the west end of Durham Cathedral
The Venerable Bede writing the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, from a 12th-century codex at Engelberg Abbey, Switzerland