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Saint Mellitus (d. April 24 624) was sent to England in 601 AD by Pope Gregory I in response to an appeal from St. Augustine of Canterbury for a fresh band of missionaries. He was commissioned by Gregory to convey the pallium to Augustine, together with a present of books and all things which were needed for worship and the ministry of the Church.Mellitus was consecrated as Bishop of London by Augustine in 604 and founded St. Paul's Cathedral. He was driven from London by the heathen sons of King Sebert of Essex, in consequence of his refusal to give them the sacramental bread unless they consented to be baptised. He fled to Gaul but was recalled by St. Laurence of Canterbury, upon whose death, in 619, he succeeded as Archbishop of CanterburyThe Archbishop of Canterbury is a bishop of the Church of England. His see is the Diocese of Canterbury and his episcopal chair ('cathedra') is at Canterbury Cathedral. He is the most senior bishop of the Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Co.
BedeBede commonly known as the Venerable Bede (c. 672 May 25, 735) was a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Wearmouth (today part of Sunderland), and of its daughter monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow. He is well known as an author an describes him as being of nobleNoble can refer to a member of the nobility a Noble gas or Noble is a British automobile manufacturer. There are also several places named Noble in the United States: Noble, Illinois Noble, Louisiana Noble, Oklahoma Noble County, Indiana Noble County, Okl birth (Hist. Eccl., II, vii) and Pope Gregory describes him as an abbotAn abbot (from the Hebrew ab "a father", through the Syriac abba Latin abbas (genitve form, abbatis , Old English abbad ; German Abt French abb is the head and chief governor of a community of monks, called also in the East hegumenos or archimandrite. (Letters, xi, 54, 59). He may have been abbot of the monasteryA monastery is the habitation of monks. Originally: a hermit's cell. Christian monasteries are also called abbey, priory, charterhouse, friary, and preceptory The habitation of nuns is also called a convent. The communal life of a monastery is called ceno of St. Andrew on the Celian Hill, founded by Gregory, to which both Gregory belonged before he became pope and Augustine belonged before he was sent to KentThis article is about the English county of Kent. See also Kent (disambiguation). Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. The county town is Maidstone. Kent has land borders with East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London, and a defined boundary wi.
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