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'After Augustine had received his episcopal See in the Royal City
(Canterbury) he, with the help of the King, restored the church in it
which, as he had been informed, had been built in ancient times by the
hands of Roman believers; he dedicated it in the name of the Holy Saviour
our Lord and God Jesus Christ, and there he established a dwelling for
himself and all his successors.' #
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Taken
from the Chronicles of the Venerable Bede.
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Augustine
started to build his Church in Canterbury. The present day Cathedral has
been built on the spot where his church stood. He
consecrated his church in 602. The quote on the left in old English tells
the story. Cathedrals
get their name because they contain the Bishop's chair or throne, and the
Latin name for this is cathedra. |
