St. Gregory with English children
St Gregory (Gregory the Great) - Shortly before becoming Pope, St. Gregory saw some English children who were to be sold as slaves in the Roman Forum, he thought that they were very beautiful and was told that they were Angli (English), he said that they looked like Angeli (Angels). He also learned that the English did not know about the Christian God, so during his Papacy, he sent missionaries to England
Picture No
10528201
Media ID
48260424
Size
4575px x 3040px
(9.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/Tom Gillmor
Source
Illustration by George Morrow in A Nursery History of England by Elizabeth O'Neill
Date
Circa 590 AD
