jan 1, 597 - Benedictine monk
(later St. Augustine)
arrives in Kent
Description:
- beginning of Anglo-Saxon conversion to Christianity
(had previously been Christian under the Romans but became mainly pagan under the Anglo-Saxon invasion)
- sent by Pope Gregory as a missionary
- at the same time, missionaries from Ireland began to preach Christianity
- within 75 years England was predominantly Christian again
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