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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Augustine of Canterbury

510 - 604

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Augustine of Canterbury (early 6th century – most likely 26 May 604) was a Christian monk who became the first archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English”. Augustine was the prior of a monastery in Rome when Pope Gregory the Great chose him in 595 to lead a mission, usually known as the Gregorian mission, to Britain to Christianize King Æthelberht and his Kingdom of Kent from Anglo-Saxon paganism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augustine of Canterbury has received more than 1,246,350 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Augustine of Canterbury is the 1,012th most popular religious figure (down from 799th in 2019), the 1,458th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,189th in 2019) and the 317th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Augustine of Canterbury is most famous for his conversion to Christianity.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Augustine of Canterbury ranks 1,012 out of 2,238Before him are Gianna Beretta Molla, Mark of Ephesus, Lawrence of Brindisi, Ascanio Sforza, Henri de Lubac, and Johann Eck. After him are Charles I, Count of Flanders, Ibn Qutaybah, Al-Tabarani, Isma'il ibn Ja'far, Jayadeva, and Simeon Stylites the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 510, Augustine of Canterbury ranks 3Before him are Hind bint Utbah and Reccared I. After him is Dorotheus of Gaza. Among people deceased in 604, Augustine of Canterbury ranks 3Before him are Pope Gregory I and Emperor Wen of Sui. After him are Al-Nabigha and Æthelric of Deira.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Augustine of Canterbury ranks 1,458 out of 4,668Before him are Gianna Beretta Molla (1922), Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily (1779), Anna d'Este (1531), Ugolino della Gherardesca (1220), Lawrence of Brindisi (1559), and Ascanio Sforza (1455). After him are Massimo Moratti (1945), Antipope Constantine II (710), Sebastiano Ricci (1659), Fabrizio De André (1940), Ubertino of Casale (1259), and Rinaldo d'Este (1655).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Augustine of Canterbury ranks 317Before him are Praxedes (100), Paula of Rome (347), Vincent Pallotti (1795), Gianna Beretta Molla (1922), Lawrence of Brindisi (1559), and Ascanio Sforza (1455). After him are Benedict the Moor (1526), Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi (1566), Arsenius the Great (354), Catherine of Genoa (1447), Saint Chrysogonus (250), and Henry Benedict Stuart (1725).