Optional Memorial
Saint Augustine of Canterbury
- Feast day
- May 27
- Patron of
- England
- Origin
- Italian
Life
Augustine of Canterbury was a Benedictine monk sent by Pope Gregory the Great to evangelize England. He became the first Archbishop of Canterbury and is known as the Apostle to the English.
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