In 597 arrived in the Anglo-SaxonKingdom of KentSaint Augustine, with 40 monks and some Frankish priests, sent by Pope to ChristianizeBretwalda (King) Æthelberht, who was married a Christian princess, Bertha, daughter of Charibert I the King of Paris. Because the main town of the kingdom was Canterbury, the saint founded an episcopal see here and became the first Archbishop of Canterbury, a position that now heads the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion. Because Christ Church Cathedral, the ruins of St Augustine’s Abbey, and St Martin’s Church"reflect milestones in the history of Christianity in Britain", they were included among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1988.
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