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St Augustine's Abbey, the Glossary

St Augustine's Abbey (founded as the Monastery of SS. Peter and Paul and changed after Augustine's death) was a Benedictine monastery in Canterbury, Kent, England.^[1]

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Abbey

An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess.

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Adrian of Canterbury

Adrian, also spelled Hadrian (born before 637, died 710), was a North African scholar in Anglo-Saxon England and the abbot of Saint Peter's and Saint Paul's in Canterbury.

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Albinus (abbot)

Albinus (died 732) was an abbot of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury.

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Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope PC (25 January 1820 – 20 October 1887), known as Alexander Hope until 1854 (and also known as A. J. B. Hope until 1854 and as A. J. B. Beresford Hope from 1854 onwards), was a British author and Conservative politician.

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Alexander le Pargiter

Alexander of St Albans (died circa 1220), said to have been known by the surnames of Cementarius or le Pargiter (the Plasterer), was an English ecclesiastic of the thirteenth century.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons, the English or Saxons of Britain, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.

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Archbishop of Canterbury

The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. St Augustine's Abbey and archbishop of Canterbury are 6th-century establishments in England.

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Augustine of Canterbury

Augustine of Canterbury (early 6th century – most likely 26 May 604) was a Christian monk who became the first archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. St Augustine's Abbey and Augustine of Canterbury are Gregorian mission.

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Ælfmær (bishop of Sherborne)

Ælfmaer was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne.

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Æthelberht of Kent

Æthelberht (also Æthelbert, Aethelberht, Aethelbert or Ethelbert; Æðelberht; 550 – 24 February 616) was King of Kent from about 589 until his death. St Augustine's Abbey and Æthelberht of Kent are Gregorian mission.

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Baedeker Blitz

The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids was a series of bombing raids in April and May 1942 by the German Luftwaffe on English cities during World War II.

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Benedict Biscop

Benedict Biscop (– 690), also known as Biscop Baducing, was an Anglo-Saxon abbot and founder of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory (where he also founded the famous library) and was considered a saint after his death.

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Benedictines

The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Bertha of Kent

Bertha or Aldeberge (c. 565– d. in or after 601) was a Frankish princess who became queen of Kent. St Augustine's Abbey and Bertha of Kent are Gregorian mission.

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Bishop of London

The bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.

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Bishop of Rochester

The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury.

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Boarding school

A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction.

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Canterbury

Canterbury is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974.

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Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral, formally Christ Church Cathedral, Canterbury, is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. St Augustine's Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral are 6th-century churches, Benedictine monasteries in England, buildings and structures in Canterbury, Grade I listed buildings in Kent and world Heritage Sites in England.

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Cellarium

A cellarium (from the Latin cella, "pantry"), also known as an undercroft, was a storehouse or storeroom, usually in a medieval monastery or castle.

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Chantry

A chantry is an ecclesiastical term that may have either of two related meanings.

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Charles I of England

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

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Charles Sandys

Charles Sandys (1786–1859) was an English antiquarian and member of the Sandys family.

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Clarembald (abbot)

Clarembald was a medieval Benedictine monk and abbot-elect of St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury, Kent.

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Cloister

A cloister (from Latin, "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth.

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Cnut

Cnut (Knútr; c. 990 – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035.

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Cuthred of Kent

Cuthred (Old English: Cuþræd) was the King of Kent from 798 to 807.

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Danes (tribe)

The Danes were a North Germanic tribe inhabiting southern Scandinavia, including the area now comprising Denmark proper, northern and eastern England, and the Scanian provinces of modern-day southern Sweden, during the Nordic Iron Age and the Viking Age.

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Dedication (ritual)

Dedication is a ceremony to mark the official completion or opening of something.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885.

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Dissolution of the monasteries

The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Dunstan

Dunstan, (– 19 May 988), was an English bishop and Benedictine monk.

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Eadbald of Kent

Eadbald (Eadbald) was King of Kent from 616 until his death in 640.

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Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton

Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton (1548–1626) was an English diplomat and administrator.

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Emma of Austrasia

Emma (fl. early seventh century) was a Frankish woman, possibly a Merovingian, who married Eadbald of Kent.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places.

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English Reformation

The English Reformation took place in 16th-century England when the Church of England was forced by its monarchs and elites to break away from the authority of the Pope and the Catholic Church.

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Great hall

A great hall is the main room of a royal palace, castle or a large manor house or hall house in the Middle Ages, and continued to be built in the country houses of the 16th and early 17th centuries, although by then the family used the great chamber for eating and relaxing.

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Hales Place

The residential area known as Hales Place is part of the civil parish of Hackington, and lies to the north of the city of Canterbury in Kent, England.

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Henrietta Maria of France

Henrietta Maria of France (French: Henriette Marie; 25 November 1609 – 10 September 1669) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from her marriage to King Charles I on 13 June 1625 until Charles was executed on 30 January 1649.

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History of Anglo-Saxon England

Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th centuries from soon after the end of Roman Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066, consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom of England by King Æthelstan (r. 927–939).

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House system

The house system is a traditional feature of schools in the United Kingdom.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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Jænberht

Jænberht (died 12 August 792) was a medieval monk, and later the abbot, of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, who was named Archbishop of Canterbury in 765.

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John of Crema

John of Crema (Giovanni da Crema) (died before 27 January 1137) was an Italian papal legate and cardinal.

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John Tradescant the Elder

John Tradescant the Elder (c. 1570s – 15–16 April 1638), father of John Tradescant the Younger, was an English naturalist, gardener, collector and traveller. On 18 June 1607 he married Elizabeth Day of Meopham in Kent, England. She had been baptised on 22 August 1586 and was the daughter of Jeames Day, a Vicar, also of Meopham.

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Juliana Leybourne

Juliana Leybourne (1303 – 2 November 1367) was an English noble who was heir to a huge estate.

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Justus

Justus (died on 10 November between 627 and 631) was the fourth Archbishop of Canterbury. St Augustine's Abbey and Justus are Gregorian mission.

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Kent

Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe.

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Kingdom of Kent

The Kingdom of the Kentish (Cantwara rīce; Regnum Cantuariorum), today referred to as the Kingdom of Kent, was an early medieval kingdom in what is now South East England.

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Lady chapel

A Lady chapel or lady chapel is a traditional British term for a chapel dedicated to "Our Lady", Mary, mother of Jesus, particularly those inside a cathedral or other large church.

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Laurence of Canterbury

Laurence (died 2 February 619) was the second Archbishop of Canterbury, serving from about 604 to 619. St Augustine's Abbey and Laurence of Canterbury are Gregorian mission.

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List of monastic houses in England

Monastic houses in England include abbeys, priories and friaries, among other monastic religious houses.

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List of monastic houses in Kent

The following is a list of the monastic houses in Kent, England.

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Mellitus

Mellitus (died 24 April 624) was the first bishop of London in the Saxon period, the third Archbishop of Canterbury, and a member of the Gregorian mission sent to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism to Christianity. St Augustine's Abbey and Mellitus are Gregorian mission.

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Mildrith

Saint Mildrith, also Mildthryth, Mildryth and Mildred, (Mildþrȳð) (born c. 660, died after 732), was a 7th- and 8th-century Anglo-Saxon abbess of the Abbey at Minster-in-Thanet, Kent.

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Minster-in-Thanet

Minster, also known as Minster-in-Thanet, is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England.

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Norman Conquest

The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Pale of Calais

The Pale of Calais was a territory in northern France ruled by the monarchs of England from 1347 to 1558.

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Pelagio Galvani

Pelagio Galvani (c. 1165 – 30 January 1230, Portuguese: Latin: Pelagius) was a Leonese cardinal, and canon lawyer.

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Pope Gregory I

Pope Gregory I (Gregorius I; – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. St Augustine's Abbey and Pope Gregory I are Gregorian mission.

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Refectory

A refectory (also frater, frater house, fratery) is a dining room, especially in monasteries, boarding schools and academic institutions.

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Relic

In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past.

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Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, (1 June 156324 May 1612) was an English statesman noted for his direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns, as Tudor England gave way to Stuart rule (1603).

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Scriptorium

A scriptorium was a writing room in medieval European monasteries for the copying and illuminating of manuscripts by scribes.

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Sigeric (bishop)

Sigeric (died 28 October 994) was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 990 to 994.

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Sir Edward Hales, 2nd Baronet

Sir Edward Hales, 2nd Baronet (1626 – c. 1684) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1681.

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Sir Edward Hales, 3rd Baronet

Sir Edward Hales, 3rd Baronet (28 September 1645 – October 1695) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1679 to 1681.

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St Augustine's Conduit House

St Augustine's Conduit House is an archaeological site in Canterbury, Kent, England, a medieval conduit house built to serve St Augustine's Abbey a short distance away. St Augustine's Abbey and st Augustine's Conduit House are archaeological sites in Kent, buildings and structures in Canterbury and English Heritage sites in Kent.

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St Martin's Church, Canterbury

The Church of St Martin is an ancient Church of England parish church in Canterbury, England, situated slightly beyond the city centre. St Augustine's Abbey and st Martin's Church, Canterbury are 6th-century churches, 6th-century establishments in England, buildings and structures in Canterbury and world Heritage Sites in England.

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Stuart Restoration

The Stuart Restoration was the re-instatement in May 1660 of the Stuart monarchy in England, Scotland, and Ireland.

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The King's School, Canterbury

The King's School is a public school in Canterbury, Kent, England. St Augustine's Abbey and The King's School, Canterbury are 6th-century establishments in England.

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Theodore of Tarsus

Theodore of Tarsus (Θεόδωρος Ταρσοῦ; 60219 September 690) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 668 to 690.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Vineyard

A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes, and non-alcoholic grape juice.

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William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham

Sir William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, KG (1 November 1527 – 6 March 1597), lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and a member of parliament for Hythe.

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William the Conqueror

William the Conqueror (Bates William the Conqueror p. 33– 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death.

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William Thorne (chronicler)

William Thorne (fl. 1397) was an English Benedictine historian.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Augustine's_Abbey

Also known as Abbey of Saint Augustine, Abbey of St. Peter and Paul, Canterbury Abbey, Monastery of St. Augustine, Saint Augustine, Abbey of, St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, St Augustine's, Canterbury, St Augustines Abbey, St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury.

, Lady chapel, Laurence of Canterbury, List of monastic houses in England, List of monastic houses in Kent, Mellitus, Mildrith, Minster-in-Thanet, Norman Conquest, Oxford University Press, Pale of Calais, Pelagio Galvani, Pope Gregory I, Refectory, Relic, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Scriptorium, Sigeric (bishop), Sir Edward Hales, 2nd Baronet, Sir Edward Hales, 3rd Baronet, St Augustine's Conduit House, St Martin's Church, Canterbury, Stuart Restoration, The King's School, Canterbury, Theodore of Tarsus, United Kingdom, Vineyard, William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, William the Conqueror, William Thorne (chronicler), World Heritage Site, World War II.

St Augustine's Abbey, the Glossary

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598 establishments

6th-century establishments in England

Anglo-Saxon sites in England

Archaeological sites in Kent

Buildings and structures in Canterbury

Burial sites of the House of Kent

Christian monasteries established in the 6th century

Churches completed in the 590s

English Heritage sites in Kent

Gregorian mission

Monasteries in Kent

Museums in Canterbury

Religious museums in England

Roman Catholic churches in Kent

Ruins in Kent

World Heritage Sites in England

References