The oldest remains found during excavations beneath the present nave in 1993 were, however, parts of the foundations of an Anglo-Saxon building, which had been constructed across a Roman road.
Early Medieval īede recorded that Augustine reused a former Roman church. The abbey is part of the World Heritage Site of Canterbury, along with the cathedral and the ancient Church of St Martin. This was later rededicated to St Augustine himself and was for many centuries the burial place of the successive archbishops. Īugustine also founded the Abbey of St Peter and Paul outside the city walls. Augustine founded the cathedral in 597 and dedicated it to Jesus Christ, the Holy Saviour. He was sent by Pope Gregory I in 596 as a missionary to the English. The cathedral's first bishop was Augustine of Canterbury, previously abbot of St Andrew's Benedictine Abbey in Rome when other dioceses were founded in England he was made archbishop. Įitherway, Canterbury was therefore a relative late-comer to English Christianity. However, St Peter's is positioned directly above the potential location of a pagan Aedes (or shrine room) in the great Roman Basilica of London, and there is a tradition that a native British King, Lucius, converted to Christianity in 179 AD and founded St Peter's as the seat of the archbishop of English church. Whether this is true or not has not yet been established. There is a medieval London tradition that St Peter upon Cornhill church in London was the seat of English Christianity until the founding of Canterbury in 597 AD. Origen mentions the church in 238 AD and in 314 England sent three Bishops to the Council of Arles. Tertullian refers to Christians in Briton as early as 208 AD. 1.5.1 The Reformation, Dissolution and Puritanism.1.4.3 Trinity Chapel and Shrine of Thomas Becket.The Norman nave and transepts survived until the late 14th century when they were demolished to make way for the present structures.īefore the English Reformation the cathedral was part of a Benedictine monastic community known as Christ Church, Canterbury, as well as being the seat of the archbishop. The east end was greatly enlarged at the beginning of the 12th century and largely rebuilt in the Gothic style following a fire in 1174, with significant eastward extensions to accommodate the flow of pilgrims visiting the shrine of Thomas Becket, the archbishop who was murdered in the cathedral in 1170. įounded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt between 10. Its formal title is the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury. It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Canterbury, currently Justin Welby, leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The archiepiscopal throne in Canterbury CathedralĬanterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England. Revd Dr William Adam (Canon Residentiary)
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