The Mission of St. Augustine of Canterbury to the English  (A.D. 597-604)  This website is dedicated to the 1400 anniversary of the Mission of St. Augustine of Canterbury to the English.   Dr. Ghazwan Butrous    Email: gbutrous@hotmail.com

Contents

THE MISSION BACKGROUND

• The Christianity in Britain before the Mission of St. Augustine of Canterbury.
• Britain and the Kingdom of Kent and Britain at the end of the 6th Century
  • Canterbury in the 6th Century
• Merovingian Gaul at the time of the Mission
• Pope Gregory the Great
  • The Monastery of St. Andrew
• St. Augustine in Rome  before the Mission
• The idea of the Mission

THE MISSION JOURNEY FROM ROME TO KENT

• The Start of the Mission
  • Route Map of the Mission from Rome to Kent (569-597)
• The first station: Aix-en-Provence and Abbey of Lérins
• Augustine returned to Rome and met Gregory the Great
• Augustine returned to Provence and the Mission continued
• Traveling in the Rhone valley and Burgundy
• The Winter in Austrasia and Neustria

 ST. AUGUSTINE AND THE MISSIONARIES IN KENT

• The Landing in Kent
• The meeting of Ethelbert with St. Augustine and his companions
  • St. Augustine Cross
• Augustine and his companions entered Canterbury
  • St. Martin Church in Canterbury
• The Baptism of King Ethelbert
• The consecration of Augustine as Archbishop of Canterbury

ST. AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY PASTORAL WORKS

• The baptism of the English
• Augustine asked for Pope Gregory's advice
• Churches built by St. Augustine in Canterbury
• Arrival of more missionaries
• The consolidation of the episcopal structure in England
• The continuous support of Pope Gregory to the English mission
• The meeting of Augustine with the British bishops
• The death of Augustine
• The Archbishops after Augustine

 Further readings and references 

• Other related sites
  • St. Augustine of Canterbury  from Christdesert Monastery site
  • Augustine of Canterbury from Catholic Online
  • Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop and Missionary
  • The Order of Saint Benedict  From St. Benedict Order site
  • Saint Benedict Center
  • Order of St. Augustine
  • Anglican Webpage
  • Pilgrims Progress
  • Bede: Conversion of England from the Medieval Source Book
  • Tour in today Canterbury UK gives you a walking tour of the city of Canterbury today.
  • Canterbury Web Services Ltd  for information on Canterbury and East Kent.
  • Sites related to Anglo-Saxons
  • England: Mega-Links Cultural Page which is devoted to English history and culture.