Earliest evidence of Christian faith north of the Alps

GERMANY
Evidence of early faith found

Archaeologists discovered a 1.4-inch silver amulet in Germany underneath the chin of a man who died between AD 230 and 270. Researchers scanned and digitally unrolled the scroll—a process that took six years— and discovered a Latin inscription. It said, "May this means of salvation protect the man who surrenders himself to the will of the Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, since before Jesus Christ every knee bows." This is believed in be the oldest archaeological evidence of Christianity north of the Alps.

Christianity became established in the region under Constantine in the 300s.