Peter of Canterbury

Hierarch

Commemorated January 6

Our father among the saints Peter of Canterbury was a monk and later priest among the first group of missionaries sent to proselytize the Anglo-Saxons in England in the late sixth century. He was a companion of Augustine of Canterbury . He became the first abbot of the monastery at Canterbury that was first dedicated to Ss. Peter and Paul , and later re-dedicated as St. Augustine's monastery. His feast day is January 6 .

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