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| St Martin's Church/ Geoffrey Sutton 2023 |
St. Martin's Church is an ancient Church of England parish church in Canterbury, England. It is the oldest church in England still being used for its original purpose and is part of the Canterbury world heritage site³.
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| St Martin's Church/ Geoffrey Sutton 2023 |
The church was first built during the Roman occupation. In the 500s, it was the place where Queen Bertha of Kent³ worshipped. Queen Bertha was a Christian married to the pagan King Ethelbert³.
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| King Ethelbert of Kent |
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| Queen Bertha of Kent |
She welcomed St Augustine to England and he used the church as his the base for his missionary work in England, which included what would later be named St Augustine's Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral.
The church sign briefly notes the history and provides current information.
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| St Martin's Church/ Geoffrey Sutton 2023 |
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| St Martin's Church Graveyard 2023 Geoffrey Sutton/ suttong.com |
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| St Martin's Church/ Geoffrey Sutton 2023 Short YouTube video of the church |
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Sources:
Geoffrey W Sutton edited Conversation with Bing, 22/05/2023
(1) Canterbury: St Martin - CHR Church - Church of England. https://facultyonline.churchofengland.org/CHR/ChurchDetails.aspx?id=1571.
(2) . https://bing.com/search?q=summary+of+st+Martin%27s+church+kent+england.
(3) St. Martin's Church. http://www.martinpaul.org/stmartins.htm.
(4) St Martin's Church, Canterbury - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martin%27s_Church,_Canterbury.
(5) St. Martin’s Church of Canterbury is the oldest church in ... - Aleteia. https://aleteia.org/2019/10/29/st-martins-church-of-canterbury-is-the-oldest-church-in-the-entire-english-speaking-world/.
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