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Christ Church Cathedral was consecrated in June 602 or 603. At Canterbury Augustine found himself amongst a diverse grouping of other Christians – Queen Bertha, her entourage and her Frankish bishop, Augustine’s own accompanying Frankish clergy, and any surviving community of British Christians.
Mar 3, 2022 · Augustine was sent by Pope Gregory to Kent in 597 to convert Britain to Christianity. His first success was converting king Aethelbert (partly due to his wife Bertha already being Christian). In 598 he founded the first church in Canterbury and was the first Archbishop. He created 12 dioceses.
Welcome! This website concerns the role of St Augustine of Canterbury in leading a mission to Anglo-Saxon England in AD 496-7.
