Augustine of Canterbury (birth unknown, died May 26, c. 604) was the first Archbishop of Canterbury, sent to Ethelbert of Kent by Pope Gregory the Great in 596. The Kingdom of Kent, was targeted because its king, Ethelbert, had married a Christian Frankish princess named Bertha. He was accompanied by Laurence of Canterbury, the second archbishop, and a group of forty other monks. They achieved some initial success shortly after their arrival in 597, … Wikipedia
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