24 Apr 624 A.D. Melittus, 3rd Archbishop of Canterbury, Dies
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Apr 624 A.D. Melittus,
3rd Archbishop of Canterbury, Dies
Bevans,
G. M. “St. Melittus (Died AD 624).”
Brittania.com. N.d.
http://www.britannia.com/bios/abofc/mellitus.html. Accessed 7 May 2014.
Bevans,
Portraits of the Archbishops of
Canterbury. Toronto, ONT: University
of Toronto Libraries, 2011. Available here: http://www.amazon.com/Portraits-Archbishops-Canterbury-Gladys-Bevan/dp/B005HI57FS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399493248&sr=8-1&keywords=bevans+portraits+of+archbishops+of+canterbury
St.
Mellitus(Died AD 624)
Bishop of London
Archbishop of Canterbury
Died: 24th April AD 624
Mellitus was sent to England in AD 601
by Pope Gregory in response to an appeal from St. Augustine of Canterbury
for a fresh band of missionaries. He was commissioned by Gregory to convey the
pallium to Augustine, together with a present of books and "all things
which were needed for worship and the ministry of the Church."
When London once more became the seat
of a bishopric, Mellitus was chosen by Augustine to be Bishop of the See and
the Church of St. Paul was founded as its Cathedral. He was driven from London
by the heathen sons of King Sebert of Essex, in consequence of his refusal to
give them the sacramental bread unless they consented to be baptised. He fled
to Gaul but was recalled by St. Laurence of Canterbury, upon whose death, in AD
619, he succeeded to the Archbishopric of Canterbury, and died in AD 624. Of
the last years of his life scarcely anything is known.
Edited from G.M. Bevan's
"Portraits of the Archbishops of Canterbury" (1908).
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