St. Augustine’s Abbey

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Stone gate with two tall, round towers and arched entrance at St. Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury, Kent, England, with abbey buildings and a tree in the background.

St. Augustine’s Abbey

abbey, Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

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St. Augustine of Canterbury
… (known after his death as St. Augustine’s Abbey, where the early archbishops were buried), which came to rank as the second Benedictine house in all of Europe. Canterbury thus was established as the primatial see of England, a position it has maintained. In 604 he established the episcopal sees of…
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… (known after his death as St. Augustine’s Abbey, where the early archbishops were buried), which came to rank as the second Benedictine house in all of Europe. Canterbury thus was established as the primatial see of England, a position it has maintained. In 604 he established the episcopal sees of…
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