RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mellitus

600 - 624

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Mellitus (; died 24 April 624) was the first bishop of London in the Saxon period, the third archbishop of Canterbury, and a member of the Gregorian mission sent to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism to Christianity. He arrived in 601 AD with a group of clergy sent to augment the mission, and was consecrated as Bishop of London in 604. Mellitus was the recipient of a famous letter from Pope Gregory I known as the Epistola ad Mellitum, preserved in a later work by the medieval chronicler Bede, which suggested the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons be undertaken gradually, integrating pagan rituals and customs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mellitus has received more than 212,499 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Mellitus is the 2,344th most popular religious figure (down from 2,054th in 2019), the 3,230th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,925th in 2019) and the 478th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mellitus ranks 2,344 out of 3,187. Before him are Giovanni Canestri, Aleksander Kakowski, Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Sigitas Tamkevičius, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Gabriel Zubeir Wako. After him are Aloys Sprenger, Cristóbal López Romero, Pope Kedron of Alexandria, Norberto Rivera Carrera, Aëtius of Antioch, and Stéphanos II Ghattas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Mellitus ranks 66. Before him are Khosrow IV, Eadbald of Kent, Ceol of Wessex, Cearl of Mercia, Zotto, and Ino Anastasia. After him are Ceolwulf of Wessex, Faroald I of Spoleto, Swithhelm of Essex, Ælla of Deira, Aidan of Lindisfarne, and Philippicus. Among people deceased in 624, Mellitus ranks 9. Before him are Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Utbah ibn Rabi'ah, Asma bint Marwan, Rædwald of East Anglia, and Uthman ibn Maz'un.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Mellitus ranks 3,230 out of 5,161. Before him are Mario Cipollini (1967), Lorenzo Perosi (1872), Nicola Larini (1964), Fabio Quagliarella (1983), Pierbattista Pizzaballa (1965), and Fulvio Collovati (1957). After him are Dino Meneghin (1950), Michele Morosini (1308), Ardito Desio (1897), Mario David (1934), Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela (1781), and Gianni Amelio (1945).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Mellitus ranks 478. Before him are Crescenzio Sepe (1943), Cesare Orsenigo (1873), Ricardo Ezzati Andrello (1942), Giuseppe Pizzardo (1877), Giovanni Canestri (1918), and Pierbattista Pizzaballa (1965). After him are Mario Zenari (1946), Austromoine (300), Giovanni Coppa (1925), Benedict Menni (1841), Lorenzo Cybo de Mari (1450), and Domenico Bartolucci (1917).

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