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→Historical period (1st-century): FIXED link to Apostle Simon
#'''''[[Apostle Peter]]''' who, after visiting Milan, had "passed over to the island of Britain, now called England, (where) he spent many years and turned many erring Gentiles to faith in Christ"; ''
#'''''[[Apostle Aristobulus]]''' (brother of St. [[Apostle Barnabas|Barnabas]]), who is called the Apostle of Britain and who was its first bishop; and ''
#''St. '''[[Apostle Simon the Canaanite]]''' the Canaanite and Zealot. In these Islands, the Celtic Church had shone forth - especially during the glorious period known as the "[[Age of Saints]]" when its missionaries preached throughout much of Europe, becoming '[[Equals to the Apostles]]';''
#''Ireland had been a place of refuge for monks fleeing from iconoclastic persecution; so, later, it was referred to as "the New Thebais" on account of the number of its monasteries.''
