[AnalogReigns]

I know it wasn’t until AD 664 at the Synod of Whitby Abbey that any Churches in the British Isles pledged fealty to Rome. The great saints Patrick and Columba were surely very Catholic, but not, except by apocryphal history, Roman Catholic.

[AnAmericanMother]

Well, since Patrick studied for years at Auxerre, France under St. Germanus, the bishop there, and was consecrated bishop by Pope Celestine, I don't think that characterization is exactly accurate . . .

[Huber]

I know it wasn’t until AD 664 at the Synod of Whitby Abbey that any Churches in the British Isles pledged fealty to Rome. The great saints Patrick and Columba were surely very Catholic, but not, except by apocryphal history, Roman Catholic.

Thanks for posting. I was trying to reply to AAM without having to pull out my references! However, there's nothing like having cold, hard facts!

[GoLightly]

Also, Saints David, Paulinus & Teilo...