Mellitus

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Saint Mellitus (died April 24 624) was the first Bishop of London of the present diocese (established in 604) and the third Archbishop of Canterbury.

Bede describes Mellitus as being of noble birth (Hist. Eccl., II, vii) and Pope Gregory I describes him as an abbot (Letters, xi, 54, 59). He may have been abbot of the monastery of St. Andrew on the Celian Hill, founded by Gregory, to which both Gregory belonged before he became pope and St. Augustine belonged before he was sent to Kent.

Mellitus was sent to England in 601 AD by Gregory in response to an appeal from Augustine, the first Archbishop of Canterbury, for a fresh band of missionaries. He was commissioned by Gregory to convey the pallium to Augustine, together with a present of books and all things which were needed for worship and the ministry of the Church.

Mellitus was consecrated as Bishop of London by Augustine in 604 and founded St. Paul's Cathedral. He was driven from London by the heathen sons of King Sebert of Essex, after he refused the brothers request for a taste of the sacramental bread. He fled to Gaul but was recalled by St. Laurence of Canterbury, the second Archbishop of Canterbury; upon Laurence's death in 619, Mellitus succeeded him as the third Archbishop of Canterbury.

Religious Posts
Preceded by Theonus	Bishop of London 604–619	Succeeded by Ceadda
Preceded by Laurence of Canterbury	Archbishop of Canterbury 619–624	Succeeded by Justus

External link

• St. Mellitus Church

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