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MELLITUS (d. 624)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 96 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MELLITUS (d. 624) , See also:bishop of See also:London and See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury, was sent to See also:England by See also:Pope See also:Gregory the See also:Great in 6ot. He was consecrated by St See also:Augustine before 604i and a See also:church was built for him in London by Aethelberht, See also:kit.* of See also:Kent; this church was dedicated to St See also:Paul, and Mellitus became first bishop of London. About ten years later the See also:East See also:Saxons reverted to heathenism and the bishop was driven from his see. He took See also:refuge in Kent and then in See also:Gaul, but soon returned to England, and in 619 became archbishop of Canterbury in See also:succession to See also:Laurentius. He died on the 24th of See also:April 624.

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