Events from 590

St. Columbanus founds Luxeuil - Irish monasticism spreads to continent with strict penitential practices

St. Gregory I the Great becomes sixty-fourth pope - sends Augustine to England, develops Gregorian chant

Lombards begin converting to Catholicism - Queen Theodelinda leads conversion from Arianism

St. Gregory the Great elected Pope - first monk to become Pope, initiates Gregorian reforms and sends missionaries to England