𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟐 • 𝐒𝐭. 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐬

𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓

Saint Paulinus, (born 584?, Rome [Italy]—died 644, Rochester, Kent, Eng.; feast day October 10), Italian missionary who converted Northumbria to Christianity, became the first bishop of York, and was later made archbishop of Rochester.

In 601 Paulinus was sent with St. Mellitus (later first bishop of London) and St. Justus (later first bishop of Rochester) to England by Pope St. Gregory I the Great to assist Archbishop St. Augustine of Canterbury in his mission of converting England to Christianity. Paulinus was consecrated bishop at Kent (625) by Justus (then fourth archbishop of Canterbury) and escorted the daughter of King Aethelberht (Ethelbert) of Kent to the Northumbrian king Edwin. Paulinus converted and baptized Edwin (627), who made him first bishop of York, after which Paulinus’ missions spread throughout Northumbria. When in 632 Edwin was slain by the Anglo-Saxon kings Caedwalla and Penda, Paulinus fled to Kent, where he became bishop of Rochester. He became archbishop in 634, when he received the pallium (i.e., symbol of metropolitan jurisdiction) from Pope Honorius I.

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𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘵. 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴. 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯.