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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Augustine, first bishop of Canterbury, ob. 604 or 609

Saint ID

S02766

Number in BH

BHL 777-784

Reported Death Not Before

604

Reported Death Not After

609

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Miracle-workers in lifetime, Missionaries, Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E07401Gregory the Great in a papal letter (Register 11.36) of 601, to *Augustine (first bishop of Canterbury, ob. 604 or 609, S02766), warns him against pride, after hearing reports that he has begun to perform miracles; later excerpted in the Ecclesiastical History of Bede, writing at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 731. Written in Latin in Rome.