A portrait of St. Augustine of Canterbury
St. Augustine of Canterbury
d. 604
Feast
May 27 · VII c.
Patron of
England · Missionaries · Canterbury
Order
Archbishop / Missionary
Italian Benedictine monk sent by Pope St. Gregory the Great in 597 to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons; converted King Æthelberht of Kent and became the first Archbishop of Canterbury and "Apostle of the English." Feast May 27.
Life & Times
Died: 604 · From: Italy / England.
Patronage
St. Augustine of Canterbury is invoked as the patron of england, missionaries, canterbury. Those in these callings or circumstances often turn to this saint in prayer.
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