| Initially the kingdom was evangelised by Irish monks from the Celtic Church, based at Iona in modern Scotland, which led to a flowering of monastic life. |
| They evangelised vigorously, and the gospel became a talking point throughout the area. |
| The continental Saxons were evangelised largely by English missionaries in the late 7th and early 8th centuries. |
| Most of the north and east of England had already been evangelised by the Irish Church. |
| Elsewhere, Portuguese missionaries under the Spanish Jesuit Francis Xavier evangelised in India, China, and Japan. |
| But since Niue and the Loyalty group were evangelised, nearly twenty years ago, not a single large island has been occupied. |
