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Justus

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Wikipedia Summary

Justus was the fourth archbishop of Canterbury. Pope Gregory the Great sent Justus from Italy to England on a mission to Christianise the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism; he probably arrived with the second group of missionaries dispatched in 601. Justus became the first bishop of Rochester in 604 and signed a letter to the Irish bishops urging the native Celtic church to adopt the Roman method of calculating the date of Easter. He attended a church council in Paris in 614.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
November 30, 599
Rome
Date of death
Canterbury
Occupations & fields
missionaryCatholic priest
Field and occupation
arcibiskup z Canterbury, biskup z Rochesteru
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