Æthelberht of Kent
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Æthelberht was King of Kent from about 589 until his death. The eighth-century monk Bede, in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, lists him as the third king to hold imperium over other A
Statue of Æthelberht Interior of Rochester Cathedral
Sculpture of Æthelberht on Canterbury Cathedral in England
Stained-glass window of Æthelberht from the chapel of All Souls College, Oxford
A thrymsa from the reign of Eadbald, Æthelberht's son. None of the coins are known to carry Æthelberht's name, although they may have been minted during his reign.
Augustine of Canterbury
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Augustine of Canterbury was a Christian monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He was the prior of a Benedictine monastery in Rome when Pope Gregory I chose him in 595 to
Æthelberht of Kent
…Western Europe; the marriage probably took place before he came to the throne. Bertha's influence may have led to Pope Gregory I's decision to send Augustine as a missionary from Rome. Augustine landed on the Isle of Thanet in east Kent in 597. Shortly thereafter, Æthelberht converted to Christianity, churches…
Portrait labelled "AUGUSTINUS" from the mid-8th-century Saint Petersburg Bede, though perhaps intended as Gregory the Great.
Augustine's gravesite at Canterbury