AD 500-1000

  • 529

    529

    St. Benedict founded his first monastery.
  • 590

    590

    St. Gregory the Great becomes pope
  • 596

    596

    Pope St. Gregory the Great sends St. Augustine of Canterbury to England to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons.
  • 597

    597

    St. Augustine baptizes the King of Kent
  • 716

    716

    St. Boniface leaves England to evangelize Germania
  • 754

    754

    With St. Boniface’s help, the pope allies with the kings of the Franks