Canterbury Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral of the Church of England, a form of Christianity that includes features of both Protestantism and Roman Catholicism. The cathedral was founded in 597 ce by St. Augustine of Canterbury, sent by Pope Gregory the Great. For centuries it functioned as a Catholic church until the English Reformation of the 1530s. Under Henry VIII, England broke from papal authority, and Canterbury Cathedral ceased to be under Roman Catholic jurisdiction. It became part of the newly established Church of England.
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