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Which late-sixth-century mission, sent by Pope Gregory the Great and led by a prior of a Roman monastery, began the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity?

Answer: Gregorian mission — Augustine of Canterbury arrived in Kent in 597 and baptised King Æthelberht; he became the first Archbishop of Canterbury and founded the see.

Augustine of Canterbury arrived in Kent in 597 and baptised King Æthelberht; he became the first Archbishop of Canterbury and founded the see.

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