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Augustine of Canterbury and his fellow-labourers baptise in Kent more than 10,000 Anglo-Saxons.

Historical image related to Augustine of Canterbury and his fellow-labourers baptise in Kent more than 10,000 Anglo-Saxons. from December 25, 597

Augustine of Canterbury

Missionary, archbishop, and saint (died 604)

Augustine of Canterbury was a Christian monk who became the first archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English".
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Kingdom of Kent

Early medieval kingdom in England (c.455-825)

The Kingdom of the Kentish, today referred to as the Kingdom of Kent, was an early medieval kingdom in what is now South East England. It existed from either the fifth or the sixth century AD until it was fully absorbed into the Kingdom of Wessex in the mid-9th century and later…
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Anglo-Saxons

Early medieval Old-English-speaking cultural group in Britain

The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to Germanic settlers who became one of the…
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