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Augustine of Canterbury
Augustine of Canterbury was a Christian monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He was the prior of a Benedictine monastery in Rome when Pope Gregory I 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.
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culture · Missionary, archbishop, and saint (died 604) · Latin Catholic priest · missionary · writer · archbishop · also Augustine of Canterbury, Augustinus Cantuariensis, St. Augustine of Canterbury, St. Augustin, St. Austin, Saint Augustine of Canterbury
Born 0550 · Died 0605 · Q32520
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“When Children Became People: the birth of childhood in early Christianity”
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The remains of an aisled building dating from the Romano-British period were uncovered just south of the present Canterbury Cathedral
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Marks the spot in Ebbsfleet, Thanet, East Kent, where the newly arrived Augustine is said to have first met and preached to the awaiting King Ethelbert
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Died 0605.
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0596· 1 entry
Career landmark: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury (0596–0604).
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Born 0550.
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