Augustin of Canterbury

Augustin of Canterbury was a monk Benedictine 7th century, and a catholic saint . It was Archevêque of Canterbury.

Biography

Its youth is not known. One knows only that he becomes monk with the monastery Benedictine of Saint-Andrew, rested by the pope Gregoire Large the about the Coelius Mount in Rome. There, it acquires a thorough knowledge of the crowned texts. Thereafter, he becomes prior about it. In 596, one also knows that the city of Arles shelters the preparations of the mission of England; on this occasion of the Anglo-Saxon slaves are bought. November 17th, 597, Augustin of Canterbury east of return to Arles after having converted holy king Ethelbert, the Berthe queen who was back-small-girl of Clovis was already Christian, and the principal officers. At the request of Gregoire Ier, and surrounded by many bishops, it is devoted archbishop of the Church of England in the basilica Saint-Trophime by the archbishop of Arles, Virgile, then vicar of the Holy See in Gaules. In 597, it unloads in England with 40 monks - of which the SAINT LAURENT future of Canterbury - with an aim of bringing back this country to the catholic faith, after the invasions which destroyed the structures of the preexistent Celtic Christian Church. On the spot, it converts very quickly Ethelbert, the king is juicy Anglo-Saxon of Kent, Ethelbert, which installs it with Canterbury. He becomes bishop and founds the Saint-Pierre-and-Saint-Paul monastery.

He installs there a library supplied with the sending of manuscripts by the Gregoire pope. One is unaware of unfortunately the nature of these codices. Historians supposed that they were works of profane literature: Canterbury would have thus been a center of traditional studies. It is more probable than the manuscripts in question were crowned texts, necessary to the work of study of Benedictines. In any case, Augustin is without question the introducer of the Roman song ( modulatio romana ) in England, where it meets one big hit. It is probable that Gregoire attribution of this type of song (known nowadays under the name of Gregorian chant) took form in England. He did not succeed in reconciling the Celtic Christians and the lately converted Anglo-Saxons, it will be done at the time of the council of Whitby.

Died into 604, it is buried along the Roman way going from Deal to Canterbury. Its relics are then transferred in the abbey church of Saint-Pierre-and-Saint-Paul, become Saint-Augustin.

He is regarded as the founder of the Church of England and the first archbishop of Canterbury. He is celebrated on May 27th.

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