Augustine of Canterbury

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Augustine of Canterbury was a 6th–7th century Benedictine monk and missionary who led the Gregorian mission to convert the Anglo-Saxons and became the first Archbishop of Canterbury, laying the foundations of the English Church.

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Generate an image of Augustine of Canterbury (Augustine of Canterbury was a 6th–7th century Benedictine monk and missionary who led the Gregorian mission to convert the Anglo-Saxons and became the first Archbishop of Canterbury, laying the foundations of the English Church.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 6th-century Christian clergy ⓘ
7th-century Christian clergy ⓘ
Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Benedictine monk ⓘ
Catholic saint ⓘ
Christian missionary ⓘ
Christian monk ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Austin of Canterbury ⓘ
Saint Augustine of Canterbury ⓘ
appointedBy Pope Gregory I ⓘ
linked to: Gregory the Great
associatedWithPlace Canterbury ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
birthCentury 6th century ⓘ
burialPlace St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury ⓘ
canonizationStatus Pre-congregation saint ⓘ
church Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
countryOfDeath Kingdom of Kent ⓘ
deathCentury 7th century ⓘ
deathDate 26 May 604 ⓘ
deathPlace Canterbury ⓘ
feastDay 26 May ⓘ
founded St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury ⓘ
fullName Augustine of Canterbury ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
languageOfActivity Latin ⓘ
missionLed Gregorian mission ⓘ
missionTarget Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
linked to: Saxons
monasteryAffiliation Monastery of Saint Andrew in Rome ⓘ
monasticOrder Benedictines ⓘ
notableFor converting King Æthelberht of Kent to Christianity ⓘ
founding the English Church hierarchy ⓘ
leading the Gregorian mission to the Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
order Order of Saint Benedict ⓘ
linked to: Benedictines
ordinalInOffice 1st Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
patron Pope Gregory I ⓘ
linked to: Gregory the Great
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
regionOfActivity England ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
seeAlso Bertha of Kent ⓘ
Laurence of Canterbury ⓘ
Mellitus ⓘ
Æthelberht of Kent ⓘ
sentFrom Rome ⓘ
sentTo Kingdom of Kent ⓘ
title Saint ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
workedUnder Pope Gregory I ⓘ
linked to: Gregory the Great

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Justus of Canterbury → consecratedBy → Augustine of Canterbury ⓘ
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