First archbishop of Canterbury, England. 
He was sent from Rome to convert England to
Christianity by Pope Gregory I. He landed at
Ebbsfleet in Kent 597, and soon after 
baptized Ethelbert, King of Kent, along with
many of his subjects.  He was consecrated 
bishop of the English at Arles in the same 
year, and appointed archbishop 601, 
establishing his see at Canterbury. Feast day
26 May.  Augustine was originally prior of
the Benedictine monastery of St Andrew, Rome.
In 603 he attempted unsuccessfully to unite
the Roman and native Celtic churches at a 
conference on the Severn.  He founded Christ 
Church, Canterbury, in 603, and the abbey of
Saints Peter and Paul, now the site of Saint
Augustine's Missionary College.

Subject by: Russell Webb