Justus

Justus († November 10 627-631 ), Roman by birth, was one of the missionaries who were sent by Pope Gregory I, at the request of Augustine of Canterbury in the year 601 to England.

He was appointed the first Bishop of Rochester. When, after the death of King Aethelberht of Kent broke out a persecution of Christians, he fled to Gaul, but returned after a year in his diocese back, which he ruled with diligence and care, until he became the Archbishop of Canterbury 624 by of the pallium Pope Boniface V. received. At the same time he was to consecrate bishops the right. He made Romanus as his successor in Rochester.

Justus is known for his writing on British and Irish Christians, ie the Celtic Church, in which he asked her to conform to the Roman Church. An extract of this letter is narrated by Bede. His language was not very tactful, and the letter was largely ignored. The main event of his short reign was the evangelization of Northumbria. Paulinus was consecrated the first bishop of Justus of York, and was within two years King Edwin of Northumbria had been built along with a large number of his subjects in a small church, in addition to the spot where now stands the York Minster in York,, baptized. Justus learned the news shortly before his death.