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Au·gus·tine²

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-st

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n) KEY also Aus·tin (ô

n) KEY , Saint. Called "Apostle of the English." Died c. 604.

Italian-born missionary and prelate who introduced Christianity to southern Britain and in 598 was ordained as the first archbishop of Canterbury.

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