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7th-century missionary, Archbishop of Canterbury, and saint

Born 600
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Justus was the fourth archbishop of Canterbury. Pope Gregory the Great sent Justus from Italy to England on a mission to Christianise the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism; he probably arrived with the second group of missionaries dispatched in 601.

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The evangelist portrait of Luke, from the St Augustine Gospels (c. 6th century), which may have accompanied Justus to BritainThe evangelist portrait of Luke, from the St Augustine Gospels (c. 6th century), which may have accompanied Justus to BritainThe beginning of the charter in Textus RoffensisThe beginning of the charter in Textus RoffensisModern gravestone marking the burial site of Justus in St Augustine's Abbey, CanterburyModern gravestone marking the burial site of Justus in St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury

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Justus was the fourth archbishop of Canterbury. Pope Gregory the Great sent Justus from Italy to England on a mission to Christianise the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism; he probably arrived with the second group of missionaries dispatched in 601. Justus became the first bishop of Rochester in 604 and signed a letter to the Irish bishops urging the native Celtic church to adopt the Roman method of calculating the date of Easter. He attended a church council in Paris in 614.

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