Justus
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Justus was the fourth archbishop of Canterbury. Pope Gregory the Great sent Justus from Italy to England on a mission to Christianise the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism; he probably arrived w
The evangelist portrait of Luke, from the St Augustine Gospels (c. 6th century), which may have accompanied Justus to Britain
The beginning of the charter in Textus Roffensis
Modern gravestone marking the burial site of Justus in St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury
Laurence of Canterbury
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Laurence was the second Archbishop of Canterbury, serving from about 604 to 619. He was a member of the Gregorian mission sent from Italy to England to Christianise the Anglo-Saxons from their native
Gravestone marking the site of Laurence's burial in St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury