Mediaeval and modern history . mples of Woden and Thor, and were in large numbers baptizedin the Christian faith. One of the most important consequences of the conversion ofBritain was the reestablishment of that connection of the islandwith Roman civilization which had been severed by the calamitiesof the fifth century. As Green says, — he is speaking of theembassy of St. Augustine, — The march of the monks as theychanted their solemn litany was in one sense a return of theRoman legions who withdrew at the trumpet call of Alaric. . .Practically Augustines landing renewed that union with the w
Mediaeval and modern history . mples of Woden and Thor, and were in large numbers baptizedin the Christian faith. One of the most important consequences of the conversion ofBritain was the reestablishment of that connection of the islandwith Roman civilization which had been severed by the calamitiesof the fifth century. As Green says, — he is speaking of theembassy of St. Augustine, — The march of the monks as theychanted their solemn litany was in one sense a return of theRoman legions who withdrew at the trumpet call of Alaric. . .Practically Augustines landing renewed that union with the west-ern world which the landing of Hengist had destroyed. The newEngland was admitted into the older commonwealth of nations. Fig. 2. — St. Martins Church, Canterbury(From a photograph) This church occupies the site of a chapel built inthe Roman period and standing at tlie time of thelanding of the monk Augustine, in the year walls show some of the Roman bricks of theoriginal church THE CONVERSION OF IRELAND 17. The civilization, art, letters, which had fled before the sword ofthe English conquerors, returned with the Christian faith. 20. The Conversion of Ireland ; lona. — Christianity, it must beborne in mind, held its place among the British Celts whom thepagan Saxons crowded slowly westward. The struggle with theinvaders was at its height when a zealous priest, Patricius byname, better known as St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland,crossed over to the island as a missionary of the Cross. Never did any race receive the Gospel with more ardententhusiasm. The Irish or Celtic Church sent out its devotedmissionaries into the Pictish highlands, into the forests of Ger-many, and amongthe wilds of Alpsand Apennines.^Among the numer-ous religious housesfounded by theCeltic missionarieswas the famousmonastery estab-lished 563 bythe Irish monk , on thelittle isle of lona,just off the Pictish coast. lona became a most renowned centerof Christian learni
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