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| In 270 he took the words of scripture “…sell what you have, give to the poor, and come follow me” seriously and became a monk in the desert of Egypt. | Antony of Egypt |
| A fourth century Monk who developed a rule of life stressing simple living to guide monastic community life. | Basil |
| A fourth century monk who translated the Greek and Hebrew Scriptures into Latin thus producing the Latin Vulgate. | Jerome |
| When the people proclaimed him bishop, he was baptized, confirmed, given the Eucharist, and ordained bishop. | Ambrose |
| After reading the bible, he converted and was baptized by Ambrose. After a search for meaning in life he said, “Our hearts are restless until they rest in You” | Augustine |
| Pontiff Pontifex Maximus or Supreme who negotiated peace with Attila the Hun | Leo the Great |
| 20th C Monk who wrote" Seven Story Mountain", a story about his conversion | Thomas Merton |
| Pagan king who converted to Christianity. The barbarian Franks converted with him. | Clovis |
| Emperor who is famous for setting up a uniform code of law that had a Christian orientation and rebuilt the Hagia Sophia. | Justinian |
| Introduced a new approach to spreading the faith: he established monasteries all over the island of Ireland. | Patrick |
| Founded Kildare and other monasteries which were the focus of the spread of Christianity in Ireland. | Brigid |
| Established a monastery at Monte Cassino and wrote a rule of monastic life which balanced prayer and work, “ora et labora”. | Benedict |
| Benedict’s sister who established a monastic community for women. | Scholastica |
| “Servant of the Servants of God” As Pope, this able leader was a social worker, pastor, theologian, educator, administrator, farmer, and builder. He ordered that Church music be organized into a system covering the liturgies of all the feast days. | Gregory the Great |
| led 40 monks from a monastery in Rome to Britain | Augustine of Canterbury |
| Taught his fellow Arabs the central belief of Islam – that there is only one God, and Allah is his name. | Muhammad |
