Austin of Canterbury

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Austin of Canterbury was a 6th–7th century Benedictine monk and the first Archbishop of Canterbury, known for leading the Gregorian mission that began the conversion of Anglo-Saxon England to Christianity.

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Austin of Canterbury canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Benedictine monk ⓘ
Catholic saint ⓘ
Christian missionary ⓘ
Christian monk ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Augustine of Canterbury ⓘ
appointedBy Pope Gregory I ⓘ
linked to: Gregory the Great
associatedWith Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
Christianization of England ⓘ
King Æthelberht of Kent ⓘ
linked to: Æthelberht of Kent
birthCentury 6th century ⓘ
category 6th-century Christian monk ⓘ
7th-century Christian bishop ⓘ
Italian Christian missionary ⓘ
Medieval English saint ⓘ
church Catholic Church ⓘ
commemoratedOn 26 May ⓘ
countryOfMission Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathCentury 7th century ⓘ
ecclesiasticalJurisdiction Province of Canterbury ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
influenced development of the English Church ⓘ
knownFor beginning the conversion of Anglo-Saxon England to Christianity ⓘ
establishing the Roman Church in England ⓘ
languageContext Latin Church ⓘ
led Gregorian mission ⓘ
missionTarget Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
Kingdom of Kent ⓘ
origin Italy ⓘ
positionHeld First Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
primaryRoleInMission leader ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousOrder Order of Saint Benedict ⓘ
linked to: Benedictines
roleInHistory founder of the English Church hierarchy ⓘ
seeAlso Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Canterbury ⓘ
sentBy Pope Gregory I ⓘ
linked to: Gregory the Great
sentFrom Rome ⓘ
servedIn Canterbury ⓘ
title Archbishop ⓘ
Missionary to the English ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Augustine of Canterbury → alsoKnownAs → Austin of Canterbury ⓘ