- Publisher: Birlinn
- Year: 2020
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 96pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 177x111mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.1kg
- ISBN: 9781780275703
- Product code: 519445
Celtic Saints
Lives of the Holy Exiles
Laurence Wareing New Paperback Illustrated
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After the Romans left Britain, a Celtic strain of Christianity was spread by such pioneering ‘pilgrims for Christ’ as Columba and Brigid. Celtic Saints introduces the lives and teachings of these men and women, with a focus on their relationship with the natural world.
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They may be coated in layers of myth and pious anecdote but dig deep enough and the pioneering leaders of Celtic Christianity are revealed as reassuringly human individuals, responding to their faith by deliberately living on the edges of society.
From the goddess-nun Brigid and absent-minded Cainnech to severe ascetics such as Columbanus and Baldred, together they demonstrate a close connection with the natural world, an astonishing self-discipline and, above all, a rigorous commitment to what it meant to be 'pilgrims for Christ'. Establishing a network of influential monastic communities, they travelled from the territories of the Atlantic seaboard - Ireland, Wales and Cornwall - across Scotland, the north of England and deep into continental Europe, transforming the religious experience of all they encountered.
From the goddess-nun Brigid and absent-minded Cainnech to severe ascetics such as Columbanus and Baldred, together they demonstrate a close connection with the natural world, an astonishing self-discipline and, above all, a rigorous commitment to what it meant to be 'pilgrims for Christ'. Establishing a network of influential monastic communities, they travelled from the territories of the Atlantic seaboard - Ireland, Wales and Cornwall - across Scotland, the north of England and deep into continental Europe, transforming the religious experience of all they encountered.
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After the Romans left Britain, a Celtic strain of Christianity was spread by such pioneering ‘pilgrims for Christ’ as Columba and Brigid. Celtic Saints introduces the lives and teachings of these men and women, with a focus on their relationship with the natural world.
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