45 Acontecimiento Cristianización Chipre
Paul and Barnabas in Cyprus
The first Christian mission outside Judaea recounted in Acts; the Roman proconsul converts.
La construcción europea no empezó en 1950. Este hilo une la herencia antigua, la matriz judeocristiana y la Unión contemporánea.
31 acontecimientos
45 Acontecimiento Cristianización Chipre
The first Christian mission outside Judaea recounted in Acts; the Roman proconsul converts.
60 Catástrofe Cristianización Malta
The Acts of the Apostles recount the Maltese welcome: Christianity takes root at once.
64 Figura Cristianización Ciudad del Vaticano
Tradition places the apostle’s death and tomb at the Vatican; the basilica follows from it.
301 Institución Cristianización San Marino
Marinus, a Dalmatian stonecutter, establishes a Christian community on Mount Titano.
313 Texto Cristianización Italia
Constantine grants freedom of worship to Christians. The Empire turns to Christianity and hands it its administrative frameworks.
325 Religión Cristianización Turquía
The first ecumenical council formulates the creed common to all Christian churches.
330 Institución Cristianización Grecia
Constantine moves the imperial capital. A thousand years of Greek-speaking Christian empire begin.
431 Religión Cristianización Chipre
The Council of Ephesus recognises the Cypriot Church’s independence, maintained for fifteen centuries.
432 Religión Cristianización Irlanda
The island is Christianised without ever having been Roman: a unique case in Western Europe.
496 Religión Cristianización Francia
At Reims the Frankish king converts to Nicene Christianity. The alliance of throne and altar shapes the medieval West.
529 Acontecimiento Cristianización Italia
At Monte Cassino, Benedict writes the rule that will structure Western monasticism and preserve ancient texts.
537 Acontecimiento Cristianización Turquía
Justinian completes a dome that European architecture will take a thousand years to equal.
589 Religión Cristianización España
The Visigothic king Reccared abjures Arianism. Spain joins Nicene Christendom and shapes its liturgy.
590 Acontecimiento Cristianización Irlanda
The Irish monk founds Luxeuil then Bobbio and replants monastic life in Gaul and Italy.
597 Religión Cristianización Reino Unido
Sent by Gregory the Great, he founds the see of Canterbury and ties the island to Rome.
800 Figura Cristianización Alemania Francia
In Rome, Pope Leo III restores the Western Empire for the King of the Franks — the shared political matrix of France and Germany.
863 Religión Cristianización Eslovaquia
The two brothers from Thessalonica create the Glagolitic alphabet and the first Slavic liturgy.
864 Religión Cristianización Bulgaria
Bulgaria adopts Byzantine Christianity and welcomes the disciples of Cyril and Methodius.
886 Institución Cristianización Macedonia del Norte
Clement and Naum train thousands of clerics there and spread Slavic writing.
893 Acontecimiento Cristianización Bulgaria
The school of Preslav devises the script that will serve Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
965 Acontecimiento Cristianización Dinamarca
Harald Bluetooth proclaims the Christianisation of the Danes: the kingdom’s birth certificate.
966 Religión Cristianización Polonia
Poland chooses Latin Christianity, a decision that durably fixes its cultural place in Europe.
988 Religión Cristianización Ucrania
Vladimir chooses Byzantine Christianity; Eastern Europe swings into Constantinople’s orbit.
1000 Religión Cristianización Islandia
The assembly collectively decides to adopt Christianity to preserve civil peace.
1000 Figura Cristianización Hungría
Pope Sylvester II sends a crown: Hungary enters Latin Christendom.
1000 Religión Cristianización Suecia
The baptism of Olof Skötkonung anchors the kingdom to Latin Christendom and to writing.
1030 Guerra Cristianización Noruega
The death of Olaf II makes him a saint: the kingdom’s Christianisation is completed.
1201 Institución Cristianización Letonia
Bishop Albert establishes a mission city that will become the metropolis of the eastern Baltic.
1219 Religión Cristianización Serbia
Saint Sava obtains Serbian ecclesiastical independence from Nicaea, a bedrock of national identity.
1219 Institución Cristianización Estonia
The Danish crusade establishes a fortress; the town will join the Hanse.
1387 Religión Cristianización Lituania
The last country in Europe to convert, Lithuania seals its union with Poland.