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Saint
Bertha or Aldeberge (539 – c. 612) was the Queen of Kent whose influence led to the introduction of
Christianity to
Anglo-Saxon England.
Bertha was the daughter of
Charibert I, King of
Paris(External Link
). When she married the pagan King
Æthelberht of Kent, she brought her chaplain,
Liudhard, with her to
England(External Link). She restored a Christian
church in
Canterbury, which dated from
Roman times, dedicating it to Saint
Martin of Tours. The present
St Martin's at Canterbury occupies the same site.
Augustine of Canterbury, who was sent by
Pope Gregory I to preach the
Gospel in
England in
596, owed much of his favourable reception there to the influence of Bertha.
She seems to have had two children:
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