Augustine of Canterbury (birth unknown; died May 26, A.D. 604) was the first Archbishop of Canterbury, sent to Ethelbert of Kent, Bretwalda of England by [Pope Gregory the Great]? in 596. He was accompanied by Laurence of Canterbury, the second archbishop.
Ethelbert's wife Bertha, daughter of Charibert, one of the Merovingian kings of the Franks, had brought a chaplain with her (Liudhard) and either built a church or restored a church in Canterbury from Roman times and dedicated it to St. Martin of Tours, a major patronal saint for the Merovingian royal family.
In 601 Mellitus and Justus arrived from Rome. Augustine consecrated Mellitus bishop of London and Justus bishop of Rochester.
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