{"slug": "mellitus", "label": "Mellitus", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellitus", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366198", "qid": "Q366198", "description": "Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of London", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [601, 624], "span_label": ["601 CE", "624 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "archbishop-of-canterbury", "label": "Archbishop of Canterbury", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gaul", "label": "Gaul", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-gregory-i", "label": "Pope Gregory I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "archbishop-of-york", "label": "Archbishop of York", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "augustine-of-canterbury", "label": "Augustine of Canterbury", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "paulinus-of-york", "label": "Paulinus of York", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "northumbria", "label": "Northumbria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "missionary", "label": "Missionary", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "monasticism", "label": "Monasticism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "st-paul-s-cathedral", "label": "St Paul's Cathedral", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 601, "year_label": "601 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The future Archbishops of Canterbury (Mellitus, Justus, and Honorius), and the future Archbishop of York Paulinus, are sent to England by Pope Gregory I to aid Augustine in his missionary work. Gregory writes the decretal Libellus responsionum to Augustine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364903478#Religion", "title": "601", "revid": 1364903478, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 604, "year_label": "604 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Æthelberht of Kent founds St. Paul's Cathedral. Mellitus is appointed the first Saxon bishop of London (and Essex).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754628#Religion", "title": "604", "revid": 1364754628, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 610, "year_label": "610 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Pope Boniface IV presides over a Council of Rome for the restoration of monastic discipline. Attendees include Mellitus, first bishop of London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368795500#Religion", "title": "610", "revid": 1368795500, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 616, "year_label": "616 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Mellitus, bishop of London, is exiled by Sexred and his pagan brothers (Sæward and Sigeberht). He is forced to take refuge in Gaul, and returns to England the following year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367636041#Religion", "title": "616", "revid": 1367636041, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 619, "year_label": "619 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Mellitus becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802932#Religion", "title": "619", "revid": 1340802932, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 624, "year_label": "624 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 24", "text": "April 24 – Mellitus, Archbishop of Canterbury", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343884392#Deaths", "title": "624", "revid": 1343884392, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 624, "year_label": "624 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 24", "text": "April 24 – St. Justus is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury by Pope Boniface V upon the death of Archbishop Mellitus., receiving the pallium — symbol of the jurisdiction entrusted to archbishops. He oversees the dispatch of missionaries to Northumbria in northern England to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343884392#January–June", "title": "624", "revid": 1343884392, "section": "Events › By date › January–June"}}]}