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[[Link title]]'''Paulinus''' was a Roman missionary and the first [[Archbishop of York|Bishop of York]]. A member of the Gregorian mission sent in 601 by Pope [[Gregory the Dialogist|Gregory I]] to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons, Paulinus arrived in England by 604 with the second missionary group. Little is known of Paulinus' activities in the following two decades.
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'''Paulinus''' was a Roman missionary and the first [[Archbishop of York|Bishop of York]]. A member of the Gregorian mission sent in 601 by Pope [[Gregory the Dialogist|Gregory I]] to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons, Paulinus arrived in England by 604 with the second missionary group. Little is known of Paulinus' activities in the following two decades.
  
 
After some years spent in Kent, perhaps in 625, Paulinus was consecrated a bishop. He accompanied Æthelburg of Kent, sister of King Eadbald of Kent, on her journey to Northumbria to marry King Edwin of Northumbria, and eventually succeeded in converting Edwin to Christianity. Paulinus also converted many of Edwin's subjects and built some churches. One of the women Paulinus baptised was a future saint, [[Hilda of Whitby]]. Following Edwin's death in 633, Paulinus and Æthelburg fled Northumbria, leaving behind a member of Paulinus' clergy, James the Deacon. Paulinus returned to Kent, where he became Bishop of Rochester. He received a [[pallium]] from the pope, symbolizing his appointment as Archbishop of York, but too late to be effective. He reposed on October 10, 644, after which he was venerated as a saint.
 
After some years spent in Kent, perhaps in 625, Paulinus was consecrated a bishop. He accompanied Æthelburg of Kent, sister of King Eadbald of Kent, on her journey to Northumbria to marry King Edwin of Northumbria, and eventually succeeded in converting Edwin to Christianity. Paulinus also converted many of Edwin's subjects and built some churches. One of the women Paulinus baptised was a future saint, [[Hilda of Whitby]]. Following Edwin's death in 633, Paulinus and Æthelburg fled Northumbria, leaving behind a member of Paulinus' clergy, James the Deacon. Paulinus returned to Kent, where he became Bishop of Rochester. He received a [[pallium]] from the pope, symbolizing his appointment as Archbishop of York, but too late to be effective. He reposed on October 10, 644, after which he was venerated as a saint.
  
 
He is commemorated on [[October 10]].
 
He is commemorated on [[October 10]].
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[[ro:Paulin de York]]

Latest revision as of 21:44, June 23, 2017

Paulinus was a Roman missionary and the first Bishop of York. A member of the Gregorian mission sent in 601 by Pope Gregory I to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons, Paulinus arrived in England by 604 with the second missionary group. Little is known of Paulinus' activities in the following two decades.

After some years spent in Kent, perhaps in 625, Paulinus was consecrated a bishop. He accompanied Æthelburg of Kent, sister of King Eadbald of Kent, on her journey to Northumbria to marry King Edwin of Northumbria, and eventually succeeded in converting Edwin to Christianity. Paulinus also converted many of Edwin's subjects and built some churches. One of the women Paulinus baptised was a future saint, Hilda of Whitby. Following Edwin's death in 633, Paulinus and Æthelburg fled Northumbria, leaving behind a member of Paulinus' clergy, James the Deacon. Paulinus returned to Kent, where he became Bishop of Rochester. He received a pallium from the pope, symbolizing his appointment as Archbishop of York, but too late to be effective. He reposed on October 10, 644, after which he was venerated as a saint.

He is commemorated on October 10.