Event: Journey, Mission/mission-sendingGregory 1.despatch of Augustine 1 and others to England

Scholarly Info
Description Gregory 1 despatched Augustine 1 and others to England.
Primary Source Info
Original Text ... quantaque potuit festinatione ... uiros huc ... direxit ...
Date from Source With as little delay as possible after Gregroy 1's election as pope.

Notes:

*As @Colgrave 1985 [1956], pp. 146-7 n. 50, points out, the author has merged two journeys to England, as the Liber pontificalis (ed. Mommsen, p. 161) does.

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