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'The Pope And The Saxon Children', c180. In AD 598, Pope Gregory I sent bishop Augustine to persuade all the Saxons in England to become Christians (pictured). Augustine went on to become the first Archbishop of Canterbury as a result and is considered to be the founder of the English Church. From Pictures of English History, published by George Routledge & Sons (London & New York, c1850).