Missionary
to England and the first Archbishop of Canterbury. |
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Cathedral
and city wall,
Canterbury
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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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