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The Great Archbishop of Canterbury

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It was a misty morning in a slave market in Rome. As the extremely busy merchants and shoppers went about their daily work, a fetid stench filled the air. Pope Gregory III, who was bewildered, saw some peculiar boys. The Pope said, “Where are these boys from? I’ve never seen anyone like them.” The slave trader responded, “They’re from the island of Britain.” Generously, the humble Pope bought them to take home with him. 

Unfortunately, these slaves didn’t know about the Bible. The Pope was sad and decided to convert England to Christianity. The Pope called on a devout monk named Augustine, who was accompanied by 40 other monkres. 

St. Augustine of Canterbury

Resolved to preach the Bible, they intrepidly sailed to England and lived in Canterbury. Augustine fervently taught the Gospel and on Christmas of 597 AD, he baptized 1,000 people. Churches and monasteries, which  were built all over the country, helped Britain become a Christain nation. Triumphantly, Augustine was extolled by being crowned Archbishop of Canterbury.  

500 Years of Anglo-Saxon England

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Royal flag of Scotland.

After Roman rule in the British Isles was over, the tenacious Angles and Saxons, who were originally from Germany and Belgium, came to Britain in search of better land. They settled in the south of the island, and eventually started to go to war with the native barbarian tribes, such as the Picts, the Celts, and mainly, the Britons. Savage struggles over the disputed territory ended when the Angles and the Saxons (now the Anglo-Saxons) defeated the melancholy Britons for now. The Anglo-Saxons called their newly gained land “Angleland,” which evolved into England. They also brought their pagan religion to the island, but they were converted to Christianity by a number of diligent saints like the intrepid Saint Augustine of Canterbury. Anglo-Saxon ruled England for over 500 years until 1066, when the Normans invaded and took control of the region.