Canterbury
Episcopal see · Burial place · School or library · City
cathedral city in Kent, England
Location: 51.2783, 1.0775
What this place is
- School or library — Theodore and Hadrian's school — scripture taught with metre, computus and astronomy, and pupils who knew Latin and Greek as well as their own tongue
- City — a cathedral city. Canterbury Cathedral is a separate place here (Q29265) — this row is the city.
Seat of
Who is recorded here
- Augustine of Canterbury ministry · AD 597
- Augustine of Canterbury death · AD 605
- Laurence of Canterbury death · AD 619
- Mellitus death · AD 624
- Honorius death · AD 653
- Deusdedit of Canterbury death · AD 664
- Theodore of Tarsus death · AD 690
- Adrian of Canterbury death · AD 710
- Berhtwald death · AD 731
- Tatwine death · AD 734
- Nothhelm death · AD 739
- Cuthbert of Canterbury death · AD 760
- Cuthbert of Canterbury burial · AD 760
- Bregowine death · AD 765
- Bregowine burial · AD 765
- Jænberht death · AD 792
- Æthelhard death · AD 805
- Æthelhard burial · AD 805
- Wulfred death · AD 832
- Ceolnoth death · AD 870
- Dunstan death · AD 988
- Justus death
What happened here
In art
- File:Canterbury Cathedral - Portal Nave Cross-spire.jpeg — Hans Musil
- File:Canterbury Cathedral Nave 1, Kent, UK - Diliff.jpg — Diliff
- File:Canterbury Cathedral Choir 1, Kent, UK - Diliff.jpg — Diliff
- File:Canterbury Cathedral Cloisters, Kent, UK - Diliff.jpg — Diliff
- File:Canterbury Cathedral Becket's Crown, Kent, UK - Diliff.jpg — Diliff
About the place
Canterbury is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Canterbury district, county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974. Lying on the River Stour not far from its mouth on the Strait of Dover, the city has a mild oceanic climate.
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