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St Justus
Archbishop of Canterbury


Detail of a statue of Justus. Interior of Rochester Cathedral. Rochester Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Norman church in Rochester Kent.

Enthroned {{{began}}}
Ended on 10 November between 627 to 631
Predecessor Mellitus
Successor Saint Honorius
Consecration 624
Died on 10 November between 627 to 631
Buried St Peter's Porch, Canterbury Cathedral[1]

Sainthood
Venerated in Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion
Commemorated November 10
Attributes archbishop carrying a Primatial cross[2]
Patronage Volterra, Italy
Saints Portal
For other uses, see Justus (disambiguation). Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Saint Mellitus (died 24 April 624 was the first Bishop of London and the third Archbishop of Canterbury. Honorius (died 30 September 653 was an Archbishop of Canterbury from 627 to 653 Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw In Christianity, veneration ( Latin veneratio, Greek &delta&omicron&upsilon&lambda&iota&alpha dulia) or veneration of saints The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world See also Anglicanism The Anglican Communion is an international association of national Anglican churches The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Christianity has used symbols from its very beginnings Each Saint has a story and a reason why he or she led an exemplary life The patron saint of a particular group of people is a Saint who would protect and 'love' the group and its members

Saint Justus (d. 10 November between 627 to 631), was the fourth Archbishop of Canterbury. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the

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Life

He was a Roman by birth, and was one of the missionaries sent to England, by Pope Gregory II, either at the request of St. Augustine of Canterbury in 601. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Pope Augustine of Canterbury OSB (born c first third of the 6th century - died 26 May 604 was a Benedictine Monk who became the first Archbishop [3][4][5][6] or possibly one of the original missionaries that arrived with Augustine in 597. [7]

He was consecrated bishop by Saint Augustine in 604, with a province to include the Kentish city Rochester,[8][9] which made him the first Bishop of Rochester. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight The Kingdom of Kent was a kingdom of Jutes in southeast England and was one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the so-called Anglo-Saxon heptarchy. Rochester is a town in Kent, England. It is located within the Unitary authority area of Medway and is at the lowest bridging point of the See also List of bishops of Rochester The Bishop of Rochester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese [10] While he was bishop, Justus and Mellitus subscribed a letter that Laurence wrote to the Celtic bishops urging the Celtic Church to adopt the Roman method of calculating the date of Easter. Saint Mellitus (died 24 April 624 was the first Bishop of London and the third Archbishop of Canterbury. Easter ( Greek: Πάσχα Pascha or Pasxa) is the most important religious feast in the Christian Liturgical year. [11] When persecution broke out after the death of King Aethelbert of Kent, he fled to Gaul;[12] but a year later he was reinstated in his bishopric,[13] which he governed with diligence and care until, in 624,[10] he became Archbishop of Canterbury, receiving the pallium from Pope Boniface V. Æthelberht (also Æthelbert, Aethelberht, Aethelbert, or Ethelbert) (c Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Boniface V (died October 25, 625) was Pope from 619 to 625 He was consecrated as pope on December 23, 619. He consecrated Romanus as his successor as bishop of Rochester. [5]

In 614 he attended the Council of Paris, held by Chlothar II. Chlothar II (or Chlotar, Clothar, Clotaire, Chlotochar, or Hlothar, giving rise to Lothair; 584 &ndash 629 called [14]

The most notable event of his brief archiepiscopate was the evangelization of Northumbria. Paulinus was consecrated by Justus to be the first bishop of York[4] and within two years, King Edwin of Northumbria was baptised, with many of his people, in a little church which Paulinus had built at York, near where York Minster now stands. St Paulinus (born c 584 died 10 October 644 was the first Bishop of York and Bishop of Rochester in England The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Saint Edwin (alternately Eadwine or Æduini) (c 586 &ndash 12 October 632/633 was the King of Deira and Bernicia - which would York Minster is a Gothic Cathedral in York, England and is the second largest of its kind in Northern Europe (largest is the The news of Edwin's conversion was conveyed to Justus not long before his death, which is believed to have taken place on November 10 between 627 to 631. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw [15] The modern Society of Archbishop Justus is named after Justus. The Society of Archbishop Justus (SoAJ is a Non-profit corporation founded in 1996 and incorporated in 1997 with the stated "purpose of using the Internet to foster and [1] He was regarded as a saint following his death, and his feast day is November 10. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw [4]

Memory

One of the guilds at Bennett Memorial Diocesan School was named after him by Lady Bennett.

References

  1. ^ a b The Society of Archbishop Justus Article on St Justus accessed on September 6, 2007
  2. ^ Patron Saints Index: St. Justus of Canterbury accessed on November 3, 2007
  3. ^ Bede A History of the English Church and People translated by Leo Sherley-Price London:Penguin Books 1988 ISBN 0-14-044042-9' p. Bede (ˈbiːd (also Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, or (from Latin Beda (beda (c 85
  4. ^ a b c Delaney, John J. Dictionary of Saints Second Edition Doubleday: New York 2003 ISBN 0-385-13594-7 p. 354-355
  5. ^ a b Hunt, William "Justus [St Justus] (d. 627x31)" rev. N. P. Brooks, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 accessed November 7, 2007]
  6. ^ Stenton, F. M. Anglo-Saxon England Third Edition Oxford:Oxford University Press 1971 ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5 p. Sir Frank Merry Stenton (1880 &ndash 15 September 1967 was a noted 20th century historian of Anglo-Saxon England. 109
  7. ^ Hindley, Geoffrey A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The beginnings of the English nation New York: Carrol & Graf Publishers 2006 ISBN 978-0-78671738-5 p. 65
  8. ^ Bede A History of the English Church and People translated by Leo Sherley-Price London:Penguin Books 1988 ISBN 0-14-044042-9 p. Bede (ˈbiːd (also Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, or (from Latin Beda (beda (c 104
  9. ^ Brooks, Nicholas (1984). The Early History of the Church of Canterbury: Christ Church from 597 to 1066. London: Leicester University Press, p. 11. ISBN 0-7185-0041-5.  
  10. ^ a b Fryde, E. B. ; Greenway, D. E. ; Porter, S. ; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 221. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.  
  11. ^ Stenton, F. M. Anglo-Saxon England Third Edition Oxford:Oxford University Press 1971 ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5 p. Sir Frank Merry Stenton (1880 &ndash 15 September 1967 was a noted 20th century historian of Anglo-Saxon England. 112
  12. ^ Bede A History of the English Church and People translated by Leo Sherley-Price London:Penguin Books 1988 ISBN 0-14-044042-9 p. Bede (ˈbiːd (also Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, or (from Latin Beda (beda (c 109-112
  13. ^ Walsh, Michael A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West London: Burns & Oates 2007 ISBN 0-8601-2438-X p. 348
  14. ^ Wood, Ian. "The Mission of Augustine of Canterbury to the English". Speculum 69 (1): 1-17.  
  15. ^ Fryde, E. B. ; Greenway, D. E. ; Porter, S. ; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology, Third Edition, revised, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 213. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.  

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Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
(diocese created)		 Bishop of Rochester
604–624		 Succeeded by
Romanus
Preceded by
Mellitus		 Archbishop of Canterbury
624–c. See also List of bishops of Rochester The Bishop of Rochester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese Saint Mellitus (died 24 April 624 was the first Bishop of London and the third Archbishop of Canterbury. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the 627		 Succeeded by
Saint Honorius
Persondata
NAME Justus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Justus of Canterbury
SHORT DESCRIPTION Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Rochester
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 627X631
PLACE OF DEATH
Honorius (died 30 September 653 was an Archbishop of Canterbury from 627 to 653

Dictionary

Justus

-proper noun

  1. A male given name, of mostly historical use.
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