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St Paulinus being sent to Britain. "St Paulinus died on this day (10 October) in 644. He was among the second group of monks sent to England by Pope Gregory in 601. After working for twenty years in …More
St Paulinus being sent to Britain.
"St Paulinus died on this day (10 October) in 644. He was among the second group of monks sent to England by Pope Gregory in 601. After working for twenty years in Kent, he was ordained bishop and sent to Northumbria as chaplain to the Christian princess Ethelburga who was to marry the pagan king Edwin. By 627, he was able to baptise the king and many of his nobles, but before he received the pallium as archbishop of York, Northumbria was overrun by pagans in 633, and Paulinus returned to Kent, where he served as bishop of Rochester for his remaining years." This stained glass window of Pope St Gregory the Great sending St Paulinus to England in 601 is in St Cuthbert's chapel in Ushaw College.
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