Hierarch · 7th century
Saint Augustine Archbishop of Canterbury
Also known as Augustine of Canterbury · Evangelizer of England
A monk of Rome whom St Gregory the Dialogist sent with forty brethren to preach to the English; landing in Kent in 597, he baptized King Ethelbert and his people and became the first archbishop of Canterbury.
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Notes
Pre-schism Western saint; not Augustine of Hippo.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints