Saint Mellitus of Canterbury

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Abbot of Saint Andrew’s Abbey on the Coelian Hill in Rome, Italy. Sent by Pope Saint Gregory the Great as a missionary to England in 601. Worked for three years in Kent. Bishop of London, England in 604. Exiled to France for refusing to give Communion to apostates. Recalled to serve as Archbishop of Canterbury, England in 619.

Died

  • 624 of natural causes

Canonized

Category: Bishop of Canterbury England, Bishop of London England, Canonized Pre-Congregation, Consecrated in 619, Died in 624, Saints Beati and Venerables, Saints who were Abbots, Saints who were Bishops, Saints who were Missionaries, Saints who were Monks