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Justus (other)
Justus (died 627) was an Archbishop of Canterbury. Justus might also refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Justus (given name), a list of people and biblical figures * Justus (surname), a list of people Places * Justus, Ohio, an unincorporated community in the United States * Justus Township, a name given by the Montana Freemen anti-government militant group to their land * 2799 Justus, an asteroid Other uses * Justus (album), ''Justus'' (album), a 1996 album by the Monkees * Justus (Shakugan no Shana), Justus (''Shakugan no Shana''), a character in the light novel series ''Shakugan no Shana'' * Bishop Justus CE School, a secondary school See also * Jesus Justus, Jewish Christian mentioned in the New Testament {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justus
Justus (died on 10 November between 627 and 631) was the fourth Archbishop of Canterbury. He was sent from Italy to England by Pope Gregory the Great, on a mission to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism, probably arriving with the second group of missionaries despatched in 601. Justus became the first Bishop of Rochester in 604, and attended a church council in Paris in 614. Following the death of King Æthelberht of Kent in 616, Justus was forced to flee to Gaul, but was reinstated in his diocese the following year. In 624 Justus became Archbishop of Canterbury, overseeing the despatch of missionaries to Northumbria. After his death he was revered as a saint, and had a shrine in St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury. Arrival in Britain Justus was a member of the Gregorian mission sent to England by Pope Gregory I. Almost everything known about Justus and his career is derived from the early 8th-century ''Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum'' of Bede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
