Augustine of Canterbury Converting the Anglo-Saxons

A Contribution to the Identity of the Medieval Missionary

Resumo

Augustine of Canterbury, who came from Rome to Kingdom of Kent in 597, is considered a founder of the English Church. This paper tries to describe his identity as a missionary preaching the Word to pagan Anglo-Saxons. The identity is discovered by analyzing descriptions of Augustine’s activity presented in the works of Gregory the Great and the Venerable Bede.

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Publicado
2013-01-01
Como Citar
Sas, Maksymilian. 2013. «Augustine of Canterbury Converting the Anglo-Saxons: A Contribution to the Identity of the Medieval Missionary». De Medio Aevo 2, nº 1:: 213-30. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/DMAE/article/view/75751
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