Paulinus of York
Bishop of Rochester; Archbishop of York; Saint
d. 10 Oct 644
1st Archbishop of York · c. 625–c. 633
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- Archbishop of York № 1 · c. 625 – c. 633
Paulinus was a Roman missionary and the first Bishop of York. A member of the Gregorian mission sent in 601 by Pope Gregory I to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism, Paulinus arrived in England by 604 with the second missionary group. Little is known of Paulinus's activities in the following two decades.
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Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History of the English People 1 claim — Paulinus baptizes Edwin at York
- Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum 1 claim — Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum — the see of York