Editing Christianization (section)

=== Ireland ===
{{See also|Hiberno-Scottish mission|Christianization of Ireland|Celtic Christianity}}

[[Pope Celestine I]] (422–430) sent [[Palladius (bishop of Ireland)|Palladius]] to be the first bishop to the Irish in 431, and in 432, [[St Patrick]] began his mission there.{{sfn|Harney|2017|p=103}} Scholars cite many questions (and scarce sources) concerning the next two hundred years.{{sfn|Haley|2002|p=96}} Relying largely on recent archaeological developments, Lorcan Harney has reported to the Royal Academy that the missionaries and traders who came to Ireland in the fifth to sixth centuries were not backed by any military force.{{sfn|Harney|2017|p=103}} Patrick and Palladius and other British and Gaulish missionaries aimed first at converting royal households. Patrick indicates in his ''Confessio'' that safety depended upon it.{{sfn|Harney|2017|p=117}} Communities often followed their king en masse.{{sfn|Harney|2017|p=117}}