Event: Mission/mission-sending
Gregory 1
.sending mission to England
Asserted in:
LiberPontificalis
vol. I, p. 312, ll. 5-6: Gregory I, 3
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Scholarly Info
Description
Gregory 1
sent
Mellitus 1
,
Augustine 1
,
John 5
and many other monks with them, to preach to the English nation ('gens Anglorum') and convert them
Primary Source Info
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Gregory 1
(
the Great, pope, 590-604
)
Participant
:
Mellitus 1
(
First bishop of London, later Archbishop of Canterbury, 619-24
)
Participant
:
Augustine 1
(
Archbishop of Canterbury, 597-604x609; apostle of the English
)
Participant
:
John 5
(
Monk sent with
Augustine 1
to preach to the English
)
Participant
:
Anonymi 1217
(
Monks sent with
Augustine 1
,
Mellitus 1
and
John 5
) : the monks sent with them