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| c. 315 |
| | | Constantine founds several churches in Rome, among them the first St Peter's | |
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| 330 |
| | | Constantine's new Christian city on the site of Byzantium is inaugurated, as Constantinople | |
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| 337 |
| | | Constantine is at last baptized a Christian in Nicomedia, just a few days before his death | |
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| c. 350 |
| | | Greece begins to find a new and influential role in a Christian context, through the Byzantine empire | |
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| 589 |
| | | The word filioque ('and from the Son') becomes a major bone of contention between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches | |
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| 800 |
| | | In St Peter's in Rome, on Christmas Day, pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor - supposedly to Charlemagne's surprise | |
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| 863 |
| | | The missionary brothers Cyril and Methodius arrive in Moravia, where they introduce the Greek Orthodox faith in a special Slavonic liturgy | |
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| 962 |
| | | The imperial coronation of Otto I by Pope John XII in St Peter's puts in place the formal role of a Holy Roman emperor | |
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| 965 |
| | | Mieszko, pagan chieftain of the Poles, marries a Christian Czech princess and brings all his people into the Roman Catholic fold | |
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| 975 |
| | | The Hungarian king Gezá and his family are baptized as Roman Catholics, beginning a long link between Hungary and Rome | |
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