Philip Kosloski

While Europe was in chaos during the sixth century, the monks in Ireland were busy preserving Christian faith and culture through art, literature and education. [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] One of the most influential figures of the time was St. Finnian, who lived between 470–549. It is believed that he studied at one of St. Martin of Tour’s

By the 5th century, Rome was losing power and influence in Europe. The Empire was already split and the Roman military of the West was growing weaker in power each day. Barbarian tribes were not afraid of pressing forward into the heart of the Empire and the Romans were relatively useless to stop any advancement.

[featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] The devil, knowing that St. Anthony was a very holy man and close to God, threw everything he had against him. If the devil couldn’t turn Anthony away from God through the riches of the world, he would try to attack him both physically and spiritually. St. Athanasius records several of these encounters in