Mellitus
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Rome |
Italy | |
Died | Canterbury |
United Kingdom | |
April 24 | |
624 AD | |
Canterbury | |
United Kingdom | |
Term ended | April 24, 624 AD |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Anglican Communion | |
Eastern Orthodox Church | |
Places of burial | St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, United Kingdom |
Canterbury, United Kingdom | |
Buri | St Augustine's Abbey |
Canterbury | |
Consecr | 604; by Augustine |
Feast day | 24 April |
Successor | Justus |
Date of birth | January 1,5750 |
Other post | London |
Successors | Justus |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1629397 |
Mellitus Life story
Mellitus was the first bishop of London in the Saxon period, the third Archbishop of Canterbury, and a member of the Gregorian mission sent to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism to Christianity.