St Augustine, Archbishop
 of Canterbury

Augustine was the prior of a monastery in Rome when, in 595, Pope Gregory the Great sent him to Britain to Christianise one of the local kings. King Æthelberht of Kent was the target, probably because his Christian bride, Princess Bertha, daughter of Charibert I, King of Paris, was expected to encourage his conversion. . . . → Read More: St Augustine, Archbishop
 of Canterbury