Event: Mission/mission-sending, Pastoral activities/preaching
Gregory 1
.despatch of a missionary to England
Asserted in:
Gregory I.LibResp
viii.29
‹‹
Go back...
Scholarly Info
Description
Gregory 1
decided to send
Augustine 1
to the English (
Anonymi 2017
) to preach to them.
Year Range
596 - ?
Primary Source Info
Original Text
... in praedicatione transmittere ...
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Gregory 1
(
the Great, pope, 590-604
) :
Gregory 1
, aided by the prayers of
Eulogius 1
, decided to send
Augustine 1
to the English race.
Recipient
:
Augustine 1
(
Archbishop of Canterbury, 597-604x609; apostle of the English
)
Recipient
:
Anonymi 2019
(
Irishmen studying under
Theodore 1
) : They (
Anonymi 2019
) were sent with
Augustine 1
.
(Other)
:
Anonymi 2017
(
Teachers in Britain of Greek and Roman origin *
Aldhelm 3
subsequently in the same letter mentions
Hadrian 2
and
Theodore 1
.
) : They (
Anonymi 2017
) were still without faith.
(Other)
:
Eulogius 1
(
Bishop of Alexandria
) : The prayers of
Eulogius 1
helped decide
Gregory 1
to send
Augustine 1
to England.