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529
St. Benedict founds his first monastery.
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590
St. Gregory the Great becomes pope
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596
Pope St. Gregory the Great sends St. Augustine of Canterbury to England to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons.
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597
St. Augustine baptizes the King of Kent
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716
St. Boniface leaves England to evangelize Germania
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754
With St. Boniface’s help, the pope allies with the kings of the Franks