Gregorian mission to the Anglo-Saxons

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The Gregorian mission to the Anglo-Saxons was a late 6th-century Roman Christian expedition that initiated the widespread conversion of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England and laid the foundations of the English Church.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian missionary expedition ⓘ
Roman Catholic mission ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Augustinian mission ⓘ
Gregorian mission ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England ⓘ
country Kingdom of Kent ⓘ
endTime early 7th century ⓘ
hasCause desire to convert the Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
initiative of Pope Gregory I ⓘ
hasEffect Christianization of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms ⓘ
Latin literacy among the Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
adoption of Roman church organization in England ⓘ
alignment of the English Church with Roman practices ⓘ
creation of a network of bishops in Anglo-Saxon kingdoms ⓘ
creation of early English ecclesiastical schools ⓘ
creation of the Archbishopric of Canterbury ⓘ
development of ecclesiastical law in England ⓘ
development of hagiographical traditions about early English saints ⓘ
emergence of Canterbury as an ecclesiastical center ⓘ
establishment of diocesan structure in England ⓘ
eventual decline of traditional Anglo-Saxon paganism ⓘ
formation of an English Christian identity ⓘ
foundation of monasteries in Kent ⓘ
increased cultural contacts between England and the Continent ⓘ
influence on later English missionary activity in Europe ⓘ
influence on the Synod of Whitby ⓘ
integration of the English Church into Western Christendom ⓘ
introduction of Christian burial practices in Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
introduction of Roman Easter calculation to England ⓘ
introduction of Roman liturgy to England ⓘ
introduction of church building in stone in Kent ⓘ
long-term integration of England into the Latin Christian world ⓘ
promotion of clerical celibacy ideals in England ⓘ
recording of early English history by Bede ⓘ
spread of Roman Christianity in England ⓘ
strengthening of papal influence in England ⓘ
use of Latin as a scholarly language in England ⓘ
inception late 6th century ⓘ
location Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
Canterbury ⓘ
mainSubject conversion of the Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent arrival in Kent in 597 ⓘ
baptism of Anglo-Saxon nobles ⓘ
conversion of King Æthelberht of Kent ⓘ
establishment of the see of Canterbury ⓘ
foundation of the English Church ⓘ
startTime 596 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Gregory the Dialogist → commissioned → Gregorian mission to the Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Gregory the Great → sentMission → Gregorian mission to England ⓘ
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Christianization of the British Isles → significantEvent → Gregorian mission to Kent ⓘ
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Christianization of the British Isles → significantEvent → mission of Augustine of Canterbury ⓘ
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Augustine of Canterbury → missionLed → Gregorian mission ⓘ
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Justus of Canterbury → memberOf → Gregorian mission ⓘ
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Gregorian mission to the Anglo-Saxons → alsoKnownAs → Gregorian mission ⓘ
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Gregorian mission to the Anglo-Saxons → alsoKnownAs → Augustinian mission ⓘ
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Austin of Canterbury → led → Gregorian mission ⓘ
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Laurence of Canterbury → memberOf → Gregorian mission ⓘ
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Laurence of Canterbury → notableWork → Continuation of the Gregorian mission in Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
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Laurence of Canterbury → seeAlso → Gregorian mission ⓘ
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Mellitus → partOf → Gregorian mission ⓘ
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Honorius of Canterbury → partOf → Gregorian mission ⓘ
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Honorius of Canterbury → seeAlso → Gregorian mission to the Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Kent (early post-Roman phase) → preChristianMissionContextFor → Gregorian mission to Kent ⓘ
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Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England → hasEvent → Gregorian mission ⓘ
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Saint Lullus → movement → Anglo-Saxon mission ⓘ
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Paulinus of York → memberOf → Gregorian mission ⓘ
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Paulinus of York → partOf → Gregorian mission to the Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
James the Deacon → movement → Gregorian mission ⓘ
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Northumbrian church → influencedBy → Gregorian mission ⓘ
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Gregory of Utrecht → movement → Anglo-Saxon mission ⓘ
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