Christianization Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Great Britain === {{See also|Anglo-Saxon Christianity|Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England}} {{further|Christianization#Germanic conversions{{!}}Germanic conversions}} The most likely date for Christianity getting its first foothold in Britain is sometime around 200.{{sfn|Thomas|1981|p=34}} Recent archaeology indicates that it had become an established minority faith by the fourth century.{{sfn|Thomas|1997|p=506β507}} Thereafter, Irish missionaries led by Saint [[Columba]], based in [[Iona]] (from 563), converted many [[Picts]].{{sfn|Adomen of Iona|1995|pp=30β33}} The court of Anglo-Saxon [[Northumbria]], and the [[Gregorian mission]], who landed in 596, did the same to the [[Kingdom of Kent]]. They had been sent by [[Pope Gregory I]] and were led by [[Augustine of Canterbury]] with a mission team from Italy. In both cases, as in other kingdoms of this period, conversion generally began with the royal family and the nobility adopting the new religion first.{{sfn|Wood|Armstrong|2007|pp=20β22}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page