Christianization of Lithuania

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Christianization historical event religious conversion

The Christianization of Lithuania was the late medieval process by which the last pagan state in Europe was converted to Christianity through a combination of political pressure, missionary activity, and military campaigns by neighboring Christian powers.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Christianization of Lithuania canonical	8
Christianization of Samogitia	1
baptism of Jogaila	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christianization ⓘ historical event ⓘ religious conversion ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
describedAs	last major Christianization in Europe ⓘ
followedBy	Polish–Lithuanian union ⓘ consolidation of Catholicism in Lithuania ⓘ
hasPart	baptism of Lithuanian commoners ⓘ baptism of Lithuanian nobility ⓘ building of Christian churches ⓘ destruction of pagan temples ⓘ introduction of Christian law and customs ⓘ
influencedBy	Northern Crusades ⓘ surface form: Livonian crusade Northern Crusades ⓘ surface form: Teutonic Order crusades military campaigns by neighboring Christian powers ⓘ missionary activity ⓘ political pressure from Poland ⓘ political pressure from the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
languageOfMission	Latin ⓘ Polish ⓘ
location	Lithuania ⓘ Samogitia ⓘ Vilnius ⓘ
mainProponent	Jogaila ⓘ Vytautas the Great ⓘ
opponent	Livonian Order ⓘ Teutonic Order ⓘ
precededBy	Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ Christianization of Poland ⓘ Northern Crusades ⓘ
religionIntroduced	Christianity ⓘ
religionReplaced	Baltic paganism ⓘ Lithuanian paganism ⓘ
result	conversion of the last pagan state in Europe ⓘ creation of the Diocese of Vilnius ⓘ decline of official pagan practices in Lithuania ⓘ establishment of Catholic Church structures in Lithuania ⓘ integration of Lithuania into Latin Christendom ⓘ spread of Roman Catholicism in Lithuania ⓘ strengthening of ties with the Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
significantEvent	Council of Constance ⓘ Union of Krewo ⓘ Christianization of Lithuania self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: baptism of Jogaila baptism of Lithuania in 1387 ⓘ baptism of Samogitia in 1413 ⓘ
startTime	late 14th century ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ late Middle Ages ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Teutonic Order → militaryRole → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ

Lithuanians → historicalEvent → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ

Samogitia → historicalEvent → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christianization of Samogitia

Jogaila → significantFor → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ

Union of Krewo → resultedIn → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ

Mindaugas → associatedWith → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ

History of Lithuania → includesTopic → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ

Władysław II Jagiełło → notableFor → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ

Christianization of Lithuania → significantEvent → Christianization of Lithuania self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: baptism of Jogaila

Baltic paganism → historicalEvent → Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ