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May 24, 2024 · Saint of the day: St. Augustine of Canterbury - Catholic News Agency. Friday, May 24, 2024. ... Augustine traveled to Gaul, where he was consecrated as a bishop for the English Church. By ...
5 days ago · An Italian Benedictine monk who became the “Apostle of the English,” Saint Augustine of Canterbury is honored by the Catholic Church on May 27. Under the direction of Pope Saint Gregory the Great, Augustine founded the famous See of Canterbury and preached the Catholic faith to the country’s Anglo-Saxon pagans during the late sixth and ...
5 days ago · St. Augustine of Canterbury and a theology of place. Alexey Fedorenko | Irina Wilhauk | bogubogu | Andrey Shchekalev | Shutterstock | Collage by Aleteia. Fr. Michael Rennier - published on 05/26 ...
4 days ago · Today's Saint. May 27, 2024. St. Augustine of Canterbury. The sixth-century bishop St. Augustine of Canterbury (d. 605) is famous for his missionary work in England. (He is not to be confused with St. Augustine of Hippo, the great Church thinker of the fourth century.)
4 days ago · In 603 Augustine rebuilt and reconsecrated the Canterbury church and the house given him by King Ethelbert. These structures formed the nucleus for his metropolitan cathedral. They were destroyed by fire in 1067, and the present cathedral, begun by the great Lanfranc in 1070, stands on their site.
4 days ago · uCatholic. - May 27, 2024. 14163. 12. In the year 596, some 40 monks set out from Rome to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons in England. Leading the group was Saint Augustine of Canterbury, the prior of their monastery in Rome.
3 days ago · Meanwhile, the man of God Augustine received a command from Gregory to go and receive Episcopal ordination in Gaul, at the hands of Virgilius, the Bishop of Arles. On his return he established his See at Canterbury, in the Church of our Savior, which he had built, and he kept there some of the Monks to be his fellow-laborers.
