1 jan 597 ano - Benedictine monk (later St. Augustine) arrives in Kent

Descrição:

- 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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