Augustine of Canterbury
(c. 604- c. 605)
Middle Ages

Missionary to England and the first Archbishop of Canterbury.

Cathedral and city wall,
Canterbury

A monk in Rome, Augustine was sent to England by Pope Gregory the Great in 596. Shortly after arriving in England, Augustine converted the King of Kent and later was appointed as the first Archbishop of Canterbury. Augustine attempted to reconcile representatives of the Celtic Church to Roman practice and doctrine, but failed to do so. Agreement between the representatives of Roman and Celtic usages was not concluded until the Synod of Whitby in 664.



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