Celtic Saints of Ireland

by Elizabeth Rees

Overview

The lives and origins of the saints as seen through the sites where they once walked

Most books about Celtic saints are based on their legendary medieval lives. This book, however, is based upon our earliest surviving information: a study of the sites where these early Christians lived and worked. Archeology, combined with early inscriptions and texts, offers us important clues which help us to piece together something of the fascinating world of early Irish Christianity. The book is illustrated with the author's own evocative photographs of where each saint lived and worked, drawing readers into the beautiful world which these men and women inhabited.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780752477404
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	08/01/2013
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Rees is a Roman Catholic nun and one of Britain's leading authorities on the Celtic saints in relation to the sites where they lived and worked. She is the author of six books on early Christianity.

Table of Contents

Preface 7

1 Saints in the desert 9

2 Patrick and his followers 22

3 Some island monasteries 36

4 Brigit and other nuns 49

5 Early saints of Munster 62

6 Victims of plague 72

7 Brendan the Navigator 90

8 The Columban family 104

9 Three southern abbots 118

10 Saints of Lough Erne 129

11 Irish missionaries 144

12 Máelrúain and the Clients of God 158

Notes 176

Index 185