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PAULINUS (d. 644)

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PAULINUS (d. 644) , first See also:bishop of the Northumbrians and See also:archbishop of See also:York, was sent to See also:England by See also:Pope See also:Gregory I. in 6o1 to assist See also:Augustine in his See also:mission. He was consecrated by Justus of See also:Canterbury in 625 and escorted iEthelberg, daughter of IEthelberht, to the Northumbrian See also:king See also:Edwin (q.v.). In 627 Edwin was baptized and assigned York to Paulinus as his see. It was at See also:Lincoln that he consecrated See also:Honorius as archbishop of Canterbury. In 633 Edwin was slain at See also:Hatfield See also:Chase and Paulinus retired to See also:Kent, where he became bishop of See also:Rochester. The See also:pallium was not sent him until 634, when he had withdrawn from his See also:province. He died in 644. See See also:Bede, Historea ecclesiastica (ed. C.

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