Justus of Canterbury

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Justus (* in Rome ; † November 10 between 627 and 631 ), Roman by birth, was one of the missionaries who were sent to England by Pope Gregory I at the request of Augustine of Canterbury in 601 .

He was named first Bishop of Rochester . When persecution of Christians broke out after the death of King Æthelberht of Kent , he fled to Gaul , but after a year returned to his bishopric, which he ruled with diligence and care until he became Archbishop of Canterbury in 624 by holding the pallium of Pope Boniface V received. At the same time he received the right to ordain bishops. He made Romanus his successor in Rochester.

Justus is known for his writing to British and Irish Christians , i.e. the Celtic Church , in which he urged them to conform to the Roman Church. An extract from this letter has come down to Beda . His language was not very tactful and the letter was largely ignored. The major event of his brief reign was the Northumbrian evangelism . Paulinus was ordained first Bishop of York by Justus , and within two years King Edwin of Northumbria settled with a large number of his subjects in a small church built in York next to what is now York Minster , to baptize. Justus found out about the news shortly before his death.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This date is given in the Oxford DNB, in Blackwell and Powicke & Fryde the date of death is given as 627
  2. ^ A b Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 247
  3. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 209
  4. ^ Farmer, David Hugh: Dictionary of Saints. Oxford, 2011, 5th edition, ISBN 978-0-19-959660-7 , p. 627
  5. ^ William Hunt, Justus [St Justus] (d. 627x31) , rev. NP Brooks, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 viewed 7th March 2012

literature

  • William Hunt, Justus [St Justus] (d. 627x31) , rev. NP Brooks, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 viewed 7th March 2012
  • Paul Antony Hayward: Justus, St . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-631-22492-1 , pp. 267-268
  • Farmer, David Hugh: Dictionary of Saints. Oxford, 2011, 5th edition, ISBN 978-0-19-959660-7 , p. 627

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predecessor Office successor
Mellitus Archbishop of Canterbury
624–627 		Honorius
--- Bishop of Rochester
604–624 		Romanus
personal data
SURNAME Justus of Canterbury
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Justus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Missionary, Archbishop of Canterbury
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH November 10 between 627 and 631