Justus

Infobox Archbishop of Canterbury
Full name = St Justus


caption = Detail of a statue of Justus. Interior of Rochester Cathedral.
birth_name =
began=unknown
consecration = 624
term_end = on 10 November between 627 to 631
predecessor = Mellitus
successor = Saint Honorius
birth_date =
death_date =on 10 November between 627 to 631
tomb = St Peter's Porch, Canterbury Cathedral [http://justus.anglican.org/justus-bio.html The Society of Archbishop Justus Article on St Justus] accessed on 6 September 2007]

Infobox Saint Archbishop of Canterbury
name=St Justus
feast_day=10 November
venerated_in= Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion
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attributes=archbishop carrying a Primatial cross [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintjgo.htm Patron Saints Index: St. Justus of Canterbury] accessed on 3 November 2007]
patronage=Volterra, Italy
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Saint Justus (d. 10 November between 627 to 631), was the fourth Archbishop of Canterbury.

Life

He was a Roman by birth, and was one of the missionaries sent to England, by Pope Gregory II, either at the request of St. Augustine of Canterbury in 601.Bede "A History of the English Church and People" p. 85] Delaney "Dictionary of Saints" p. 354-355] Hunt "Justus [St Justus] (d. 627x31)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"] Stenton "Anglo-Saxon England" p. 109] or possibly one of the original missionaries that arrived with Augustine in 597.Hindley "A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons" p. 65] He was probably not a monk, however, unlike most of his fellow missionaries.Smith "Early Community of St. Andrew at Rochester" "English Historical Review" page 291]

He was consecrated bishop by Saint Augustine in 604, with a province to include the Kentish city Rochester,Bede "A History of the English Church and People" p. 104] Brooks "Early History of the Church of Canterbury" p. 221] Because he was not a monk, he probably established his cathedral clergy out of secular clerks, not monks.Smith "Early Community of St. Andrew at Rochester" "English Historical Review" p. 292] While he was bishop, Justus and Mellitus subscribed a letter that Laurence wrote to the Celtic bishops urging the Celtic Church to adopt the Roman method of calculating the date of Easter.Stenton "Anglo-Saxon England" p. 112] When persecution broke out after the death of King Aethelbert of Kent, he fled to Gaul;Bede "A History of the English Church and People" pp. 109-112] but a year later he was reinstated in his bishopric,Walsh "A New Dictionary of Saints" p. 348] which he governed with diligence and care until, in 624, he became Archbishop of Canterbury, receiving the pallium from Pope Boniface V. He consecrated Romanus as his successor as bishop of Rochester.

In 614 he attended the Council of Paris, held by Chlothar II.Wood "Mission of Augustine of Canterbury" "Speculum"]

The most notable event of his brief archiepiscopate was the evangelization of Northumbria. Paulinus was consecrated by Justus to be the first bishop of York and within two years, King Edwin of Northumbria was baptised, with many of his people, in a little church which Paulinus had built at York, near where York Minster now stands. The news of Edwin's conversion was conveyed to Justus not long before his death, which is believed to have taken place on 10 November between 627 to 631.Fryde, et. al. "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 213] The modern Society of Archbishop Justus is named after Justus. He was regarded as a saint following his death, and his feast day is 10 November.

Memory

One of the guilds at Bennett Memorial Diocesan School was named after him by Lady Bennett.

There is also a school named after him named, Bishop Justus COFE School

Notes

References

* Bede "A History of the English Church and People" translated by Leo Sherley-Price London:Penguin Books 1988 ISBN 0-14-044042-9
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* Delaney, John J. "Dictionary of Saints" Second Edition Doubleday: New York 2003 ISBN 0-385-13594-7
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* Hindley, Geoffrey "A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The beginnings of the English nation" New York: Carrol & Graf Publishers 2006 ISBN 978-0-78671738-5
* Hunt, William "Justus [St Justus] (d. 627x31)" rev. N. P. Brooks, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" Oxford University Press, 2004; [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15176 online edn, Oct 2005] accessed 7 November 2007
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* Stenton, F. M. "Anglo-Saxon England" Third Edition Oxford:Oxford University Press 1971 ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5
* Walsh, Michael "A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West" London: Burns & Oates 2007 ISBN 0-8601-2438-X
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External links

* [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4148 Catholic Online Saints and Angels: St Justus of Canterbury]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08586a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia St Justus]
* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=1718 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England Justus of Canterbury entry]

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NAME=Justus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Justus of Canterbury
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Rochester
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DATE OF DEATH=10 November, 627X631
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