In the 500 years after the fall of the Roman Empire, the Christianity of Wales had its ... they considered the Celtic churches to be early examples of Protestantism, free of the errors of the ...

His monastery on a promontory pushing out to the western sea was well placed to be a major centre of 'Celtic' Christianity; indeed, in language, it may well have been more Irish than it was Welsh.

The 3.5 cm artifact was located beneath the man’s chin.

The finding may upend historians' understanding of how Christianity was practiced in the early Roman Empire. Measuring just 1.4 inches (3.5 centimeters) long, the amulet contains a wafer-thin ...