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Paulinus (died 10 October 644) was a Roman missionary and the first Bishop of York. A member of the Gregorian mission sent in 601 by Pope Gregory I to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism Paulinus arrived in England by 604 with the second missionary group. Little is known of Paulinus’ activities in the following two decades.After some years spent in Kent perhaps in 625 Paulinus was consecrated a bishop.
