Augustine of Canterbury was a Christian monk who became the first archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English".

was the first archbishop of Canterbury and the apostle to England, who founded the Christian church in southern England.

Saint Augustine of Canterbury, a monk, was the first bishop of Canterbury. While he only labored for another eight years after establishing the diocese, ...

A man was sent from Rome to England to bring Christianity to the Anglo-Saxons. He would ultimately become the first Archbishop of Canterbury.

The main aim is to bring Augustine's own leadership out from under Gregory's shadow, and to make his life and legacy more widely known.

First Archbishop of Canterbury, Apostle of the English; date of birth unknown; d. 26 May, 604. Symbols: cope, pallium, and mitre as Bishop of Canterbury, and ...

An Italian Benedictine monk who became the “Apostle of the English,” Saint Augustine of Canterbury is honored by the Catholic Church on May 27.

In 597 Saint Augustine came to Anglo-Saxon Canterbury. He was sent by Pope Gregory the Great to re-establish Christianity in England and was accompanied by ...

Augustine of Canterbury (d. May 26, 605) was a Benedictine monk and the first Archbishop of Canterbury. His feast day is May 26.

Benedictine monk and first Archbishop of Canterbury. Augustine served as prior to St Andrew's monastery in Rome before being commissioned in 596 by Pope ...