With its cobbled streets, towering cathedral, and romantic timber-framed buildings, Canterbury looks like it leapt out of a ...

The abbey was forced to close in the mid-16th century following ... Built in AD 597 by the first archbishop of Canterbury St Augustine, who established Christianity in England, this awe-inspiring ...

The Downside Abbey monks will soon be on the move ... at the end of the sixth century under the leadership of St Augustine of Canterbury. “We now have the opportunity of beginning a joint ...

Prince Michael of Kent unveiled the statues alongside the Lord Mayor of Canterbury, Councillor Pat Todd. The statues were on display together in the museum at St Augustine's Abbey for seven months, ...

After his travels through France and into Britain, Adrian immediately succeeded Benedict Biscop as Abbot of St. Augustine’s Abbey in Canterbury. He built a monastic school, where many future bishops ...

Augustine founded what was later called St Augustine's Abbey at Canterbury. It should be noted that this Augustine (sometimes called the 'Apostle to the English') is not the same as St Augustine of ...

Canterbury is within easy access of south ... Along with local buildings St Augustine’s Abbey, a monastery founded in 580, and St Martin’s Church, known as Britain's oldest building, these ...

The Reformation saw monasteries destroyed, Catholic churches including Westminster Abbey taken over ... Credit: Jonah McKeown/CNA St. Augustine of Canterbury, whom Catholics honor on May 27 ...

St Augustine came from Rome to England in the year 597, and evangelised the Kingdom of Kent. The King, Aethelbert, allowed Augustine and his missionaries to settle in Canterbury – his capital – where ...