Above : quidem nnrtiiCDWcar sin Frontispiece to 8t. Luke's Gospel. Convent of 84. Arnoul, Metz.   With a few exceptions, we have but few and meagre details of the lives and works of individual Irish missionaries who laboured in the various countries of Europe. Of that large multitude of devoted men, who went from Ireland in a con­tinuous succession for three centuries—" the death of one apostle being but the coming of another"— the records are scanty and satisfactory, consisting mainly of casual references made by ... Read More

Above : Picture of St Aidan St. Aidan was the most celebrated of the missionaries trained at St. Columcille's monastery at Iona. The son of Lugair, an Irish Saint of the same lineage as St. Brigid, Aidan studied at Innis Scattery under St. Senanus, and became a monk at Iona about 630. When King Oswald sent to Iona for missionaries, the first monks sent in answer to his call obtained but little results. They said on their return, after the failure of their ... Read More