Missionaries were Christians who went around trying to persuade pagans (non-Christians) to become Christian; or trying to persuade Christians to go to church more. They would talk about the Bible to large crowds of people. If they could persuade a king to become a Christian, his people would usually copy him. The sons and daughters of King Brychan of Brycheiniog (South-East Wales) were famous British missionaries in Cornwall. Sometimes missionaries went abroad to do their work. St. Patrick was the son of a British vicar from near Carlisle. He was kidnapped by pirates and taken to Ireland. He became a very famous missionary there. St. Samson was a British missionary in Brittany. St. Boniface was a Saxon missionary in Germany. Because the first Saxons were all pagans, there are many famous Saxon missionaries. Some came from Europe, some from Ireland. St. Augustine was the first. He was an Italian who came to Kent in AD 597.  Activity Sheet available.