Canterbury Cathedral

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The cathedral was founded by Augustine in 602 AD and dedicated to St. Saviour. The Cathedral’s first Archbishop was St. Augustine of Canterbury, previously abbot of St. Andrew’s Benedictine Abbey in Rome. He was sent by Pope Gregory the Great in AD 597 as a missionary to the Anglo-Saxons.

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Christian, chapel, place of worship, Abbey, parish, minster, cathedral sanctuary church england christian anglican basilica

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United Kingdom Churches and Cathedrals, Christian Churches

Source

Rev. C. Arthur Lane Illustrated Notes on English Church History (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1901)

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