Sent as a missionary to England by Pope Gregory I, he founded a church (St. Martin’s) in Canterbury in 596. One of his band of priests, Mellitus, became first bishop of the East Saxons, including London.
Sent as a missionary to England by Pope Gregory I, he founded a church (St. Martin’s) in Canterbury in 596. One of his band of priests, Mellitus, became first bishop of the East Saxons, including London.