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Augustine (of Canterbury), Saint (early 6th-c. - c. 604)

Alias Austin (of Canterbury)

Benedictine monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury (597 AD), known as the "Apostle to the English." Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/899?docPos=3 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Canterbury Authority - medieval
 Relevant locations: Title (royalty or holy order) Canterbury, Kent
 References in Documents:
British Curiosities in Nature and Art (1713)
SECT. X. Curiosities in the County of Kent. ...

Canterbury] a City (whose Bishop is primate and Metropolitan of all England) Remarkable for the Magnificence and Beauty of Christ Church, and St. Austins; in the former were interred Archbishop Becket, for whom a rich shrine was reared; he being a Canonized Saint. Here is also, the Tomb of the famous Hero Edward the Black Prince, Son to Edward the III. King of England, and that of King Henry the IV. &c. In the Porch of the latter Church, was buryed St. Augustin; (the English Apostle) who was the Chief of those that were sent from Rome, and converted the Heathen Saxons to Christianity. It is about 55 Miles near S. E. from London.