The Celtic Cross is symbolic
of Celtic Christianity. It is a characteristic symbol
combining a cross with a ring that surrounds the
intersection. The Celtic Cross has also been called the
Irish Cross, the Cross of Iona and the High Cross. There are still many free standing crosses that have
survived the ages scattered throughout Ireland, Wales, in
the Hebrides and on the island of Iona.
There is an ancient story still alive in Ireland today that
the Celtic Cross was founded in Ireland by Saint Patrick. Saint Patrick combined the
Cross with the symbol of
the sun, giving pagan followers the combined symbol of
Christianity with the life-giving symbolism of the sun.
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THE LIVES OF
PRE-SCHISM SAINTS & MARTYRS OF
ORTHODOXY IN BRITAIN
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The Holy
Protomartyr
Alban
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The Holy Hierarch
David of Wales, Bishop of Menevia
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The Holy
Hierarch
Patrick,
the Apostle of Ireland
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Saint
Brendan the Navigator, Clonfert, Ireland
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Saint
Piran, Bishop of Padstowe, Cornwall
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The Venerable
Columba, Abbot of Iona
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The Holy
Hierarch
Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne
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The Holy
Hierarch
Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne
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The Venerable
Hilda,
Abbess of Whitby
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The Holy
Hierarch
Augustine,
Archbishop of Canterbury
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The Holy
Hierarch
Theodore,
Archbishop of Canterbury
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Saint
Aristobulus, Apostle of Britain
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Saint
Melangell
of Wales
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The Holy Hierarch Saint
Brannoc, Abbot of Braunton
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The
Venerable
Bede - Author, Confessor
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Saint
Angus of Keld
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Saint
Kieran of Clonmacnoise
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Saint
Colman of Oughaval
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Saint
Petroc
of Cornwall
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Saint
Constantine
of Cornwall
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Saint
Donnan,
Martyr of Eigg, Scotland
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Saint
Laurence, Archbishop of Canterbury
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Saint
Brigid of
Kildare,
Ireland
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Saint
Cadoc
of Wales
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Saint
Edmund,
King and Martyr of East Anglia
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Saint
Oswin,
King and Martyr of Northumbria
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Saint
Dyfrig, Archbishop of
Caerleon, Wales
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Saint
Mawes of
Cornwall
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Saint
Andrew
the first-called Apostle,Patron Saint of Scotland
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Saint
Aldhelm
Bishop of Sherborne-Sarum
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Saint
Benedict Biscop, Abbot of
Wearmouth & Jarrow
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Saint
Alphege
Bishop of Canterbury
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Saint
Batilda, Queen and nun
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Saint
Herbert,
Hermit of Derwentwater
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Saints
Seiriol
and Cebi
of Wales
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Saint
Edward,
King of England & Holy Martyr
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Saint
Edwin,
Martyr-King of Northumbria
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Saint
Kentigern, Abbot,
Bishop
and founder of
Glasgow
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Saint
Bertram,
King and Hermit of Mercia
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Saint
Tydfil
of Wales
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Saint
Finnian
of Clonard, Ireland
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Saint
Wereburga, Virgin and
Abbess, Patroness of Chester
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Saint
Chad,
Bishop of Mercia (Lichfield)
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Saint
Felix
of Dunwich, Apostle and first bishop of East Anglia
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Saint
Gallus,
Irish Apostle to Switzerland
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Saint
Mildred,
Abbess of Minster-in-Thanet, Kent
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Saint
Fursey,
Abbot, Missionary, founder of Monasteries
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Saint
Dymphna,
Virgin Martyr of Ireland
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