Gregory I the Great (c540-604). Pope from 590
Gregory I the Great (c540-604). Pope from 590, seeing English slave children in Rome, is reputed to have said These are Angels, not Angles'. Sent St Augustine (d604) and 40 monks to England in 596 to convert Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. Colour printed wood engraving circa 1860
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13906244
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48512222
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4500px x 3543px
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Credit
World History Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
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World History Archive
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