# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/augustine-of-canterbury
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:28:17.254Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/augustine-of-canterbury"
name: "Augustine of Canterbury"
slug: "augustine-of-canterbury"
description: "Augustine of Canterbury was a Christian monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He was the prior of a Benedictine monastery in Rome when Pope Gregory I chose him in 595 to lead a mission, usually known as the Gregorian mission, to Britain to Christianize King Æthelberht and his Kingdom of Kent from Anglo-Saxon paganism."
tagline: "6th-century missionary, archbishop, and saint"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Augustinus_von_Canterbury.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "550"
deathDate: "605"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           59.34
  momentum:             8.385633417612409
  historical:           22.01099333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Augustino de Canterbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awstin%2C_archesgob_Caergaint"
    title: "Awstin, archesgob Caergaint"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinus_van_Kantelberg"
    title: "Augustinus van Kantelberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%82%D9%81_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "أوغسطين أسقف كانتربيري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اوجسطين اسقف كانتربيرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenterberili_Avqustin"
    title: "Kenterberili Avqustin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%9E%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%81%D1%86%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96"
    title: "Аўгусцін Кентэрберыйскі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agust%C3%AD_de_Canterbury"
    title: "Agustí de Canterbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin_z_Canterbury"
    title: "Augustin z Canterbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Augustin af Canterbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinus_von_Canterbury"
    title: "Augustinus von Canterbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Agustín de Canterbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Augustinus"
    title: "Canterbury Augustinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آگوستین کانتربری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinus_Canterburylainen"
    title: "Augustinus Canterburylainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin_de_Cantorb%C3%A9ry"
    title: "Augustin de Cantorbéry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinus_fan_Canterbury"
    title: "Augustinus fan Canterbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agosti%C3%B1o_de_Canterbury"
    title: "Agostiño de Canterbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "कैंटरबरी के संत ऑगस्टीन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterburyi_Szent_%C3%81goston"
    title: "Canterburyi Szent Ágoston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Օգոստինոս Քենթրբերցի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32520"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump