Augustine of Canterbury
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title:
Augustine of Canterbury
text:
Augustine of Canterbury was a Christian monk who became the first archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English”. Augustine was the prior of a monastery in Rome when Pope Gregory the Great chose him in 595 to lead a mission, usually known as the Gregorian mission, to Britain to Christianize King Æthelberht and his Kingdom of Kent from Anglo-Saxon paganism. Kent was likely chosen because Æthelberht commanded major influence over neighbouring Anglo-Saxon ki
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6th-century missionary, archbishop, and saint
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Canterbury
date created:
2001-12-11T13:50:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T16:09:51Z
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