St. Augustine, who was the first archbishop of Canterbury (597), founded Christ Church as his cathedral and established Canterbury as the primatial see of England. He also established the monastery of SS. Peter and Paul there, which became known after his death as St. Augustine’s Abbey and came to rank as the second Benedictine house in all of Europe.
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