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the_o bishop_n of_o arles_n in_o france_n he_o advertise_v the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n of_o the_o success_n of_o his_o voyage_n into_o britanny_n and_o require_v direction_n touch_v the_o ecclesiastical_a government_n to_o be_v there_o establish_v 212_o instruction_n send_v to_o austen_n from_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n for_o the_o order_n and_o government_n of_o the_o new_a church_n in_o britanny_n the_o primacy_n of_o the_o sea_n of_o canterbury_n the_o first_o english_a bishop_n of_o london_n and_o york_n 214_o austen_n receive_v the_o pall_n from_o rome_n gregory_n the_o great_a send_v gratulatorie_a letter_n to_o ethelbert_n who_o be_v convert_v to_o the_o faith_n be_v the_o first_o christian_a prince_n of_o the_o english_a nation_n the_o church_n of_o saint_n paul_n in_o london_n be_v found_v melitus_n the_o first_o bishop_n there_o in_o the_o saxon_n time_n justus_n the_o first_o bishop_n of_o rochester_n contention_n between_o the_o english_a and_o british_a clergy_n about_o 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