Augustine

Family: Christian Church · Role: missionary · First appears: Book XI 4–12

Life events

Saint Gregory sent Augustine into Britain to preach Christianity to the Angles.(Book XI 4–12 · 📍 Britain)
- With: Saint Gregory
- “In the meantime Augustine was sent by pope Saint Gregory into Britain, to preach the word of God to the Angles, who, being blinded with pagan superstition, had entirely extinguished Christianity in that part of the island which they possessed.”
Dinooth refused Augustine's demand for British episcopal subjection and declined preaching to the Angles.(Book XI 4–12)
- With: Dinooth
- “The name of their abbat was Dinooth, a man admirably skilled in the liberal arts; who, when Augustine required the subjection of the British bishops, and would have persuaded them to undertake the work of the gospel with him among the Angles, answered him with several arguments, that they owed no subjection to him, neither would they preach to their enemies;”

with Saint Gregory (Saint Gregory sent Augustine to Britain.) “In the meantime Augustine was sent by pope Saint Gregory into Britain, to preach the word of God to the Angles, who, being blinded with pagan superstition, had entirely extinguished Christianity in that part of the island which they possessed.”
with Dinooth (Dinooth rejected Augustine's demand and proposal.) “The name of their abbat was Dinooth, a man admirably skilled in the liberal arts; who, when Augustine required the subjection of the British bishops, and would have persuaded them to undertake the work of the gospel with him among the Angles, answered him with several arguments, that they owed no subjection to him, neither would they preach to their enemies;”
protégé: Saint Gregory (Saint Gregory commissioned Augustine's mission.) “In the meantime Augustine was sent by pope Saint Gregory into Britain, to preach the word of God to the Angles”

Extracted from the original text of The History of the Kings of Britain. Made with Rho MD.