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6 days ago · St Augustine's, Ramsgate. Augustine of Canterbury (early 6th century – probably 26 May 604) was a monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English" and a founder of the English Church. Augustine was the prior of a monastery in Rome when Pope Gregory the Great chose him in 595 to ...
Augustine was consecrated bishop of the English church in the fall of 597 and made his headquarters at Canterbury in a church provided by the king. He founded Christ Church as his cathedral and started the monastery of Sts. Peter and Paul (later changed to St. Augustine’s).
St Augustine’s Abbey became one of the most important Benedictine monasteries in the medieval world, and was a thriving centre of learning and culture for almost 1,000 years before its suppression in 1538. It is the burial place of several Anglo-Saxon kings and Archbishops of Canterbury, including St Augustine himself, and today forms part of ...
St. Augustine crossed the English Channel and went to the palace of King Aethelbert of Kent in Canterbury. King Aethelbert was a pagan, but his wife was a Christian. She was a Frank (from France). Augustine hoped she would welcome him. He was right. Augustine spoke to the King about the Bible. He persuaded Aethelbert to become a Christian.
Little is known of the early life of sixth-century Augustine of Canterbury, except that he became a great monk and was a friend of Pope Gregory the Great. Gregory appointed him to lead 30 missionaries to evangelize England. As the group traveled, news reached them of the dangerous English Channel they had to cross and the fierce tribes in England.
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St Augustine's, Ramsgate. Augustine of Canterbury (early 6th century – most likely 26 May 604) was a Christian monk who became the first archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English”. Augustine was the prior of a monastery in Rome when Pope Gregory the Great chose him in 595 to lead a mission ...
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Saint Augustine of Canterbury ; feast day in England and Wales May 26, elsewhere May 28) was the first archbishop of Canterbury and the apostle to England, who founded the Christian church in southern England. Probably of aristocratic birth, Augustine was prior of the Benedictine monastery of St.
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