St Augustine's Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Canterbury, founded by Augustine, the missionary sent by Pope Gregory the Great to convert the Anglo-Saxons, with the support of King Aethelberht of Kent. It was designed as a burial place for the early archbishops of Canterbury and the kings of Kent, and it was one of the earliest monasteries in England. The abbey grew into a wealthy and important house during the Middle Ages, and its church was rebuilt several times after the Norman Conquest. It was closed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII, and the buildings were partly converted into a royal palace. The ruins are part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site.
Before and after
- August 591 CEBattle of the Blarathon
- 593 CEConstruction of Itsukushima Shrine
- 597 CEConstruction of Canterbury Cathedral
- 598 CEBirth of Brahmagupta
- from 598 CE to 1538Origins of St Augustine's Abbey
- 17 March 599 CEBirth of Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
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- 6th centuryOrigins of Danevirke
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