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Ethelbert

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Ethelbert, ?thelbert
Saint. ?552--616 ad, king of Kent (560--616): converted to Christianity by St Augustine; issued the earliest known code of English laws. Feast day: Feb. 24 or 25


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When Augustine was sent by Pope Gregory to Christianise England, in the time of the Romans, he was received and protected by Ethelbert, King of Kent, whose wife, daughter of Charibert, King of Paris, was a Christian, and did much for Augustine.
 
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