| A | B |
|---|
| Theodoric | king of the Goths who united Italy; although an Arian, he worked with the pope and bishops to maintain peace |
| Clovis | king of the Franks who converted to Christianity and then ordered the conversion of all his people |
| Justinian | emperor of the East who rewrote the code of law for the empire and rebuilt the Hagia Sophia |
| Brigid | abbess of Kildare |
| Gregory the Great | Pope who establsihed schools for educating the clergy; reformed and organized church music; negotiated with the barbarian Lombards and converted them; sent missionaries to Britain |
| Augustine of Canterbury | missionary sent to Britain who converted the Anglo Saxons |
| Muhammad | The Prophet of Islam |
| Boniface | the apostle to the Germans |
| Bede | historian-monk of Wearmouth and Jarrow; author of the first history of the English church and its people |
| Benedict | the father of Western monasticism |
| Charlemagne | Son of Pepin the Short, 1st ruler of the Holy Roman Empire |
| Cyril and Methodius | responsible for the conversion of the Slavs; created an alphabet for their language |
