RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mellitus

600 - 624

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Mellitus (; died 24 April 624) was the first bishop of London in the Saxon period, the third archbishop of Canterbury, and a member of the Gregorian mission sent to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism to Christianity. He arrived in 601 AD with a group of clergy sent to augment the mission, and was consecrated as Bishop of London in 604. Mellitus was the recipient of a famous letter from Pope Gregory I known as the Epistola ad Mellitum, preserved in a later work by the medieval chronicler Bede, which suggested the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons be undertaken gradually, integrating pagan rituals and customs. In 610, Mellitus returned to Italy to attend a council of bishops, and returned to England bearing papal letters to some of the missionaries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Mellitus is the 2,839th most popular religious figure (down from 2,339th in 2024), the 3,733rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,230th in 2019) and the 541st most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mellitus ranks 2,839 out of 3,187. Before him are Silvano Piovanelli, Daniel DiNardo, Jakub Szynkiewicz, Ersilio Tonini, William Goh, and Bruno Heim. After him are Umberto Betti, Gérard Mulumba Kalemba, Ismail ibn Musa Menk, Alalngar, Kudur-Enlil, and Oswald of Worcester.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Mellitus ranks 76. Before him are Arechis I of Benevento, Khosrow IV, Ceol of Wessex, Sigeberht the Good, Cearl of Mercia, and Ariulf of Spoleto. After him are Sighere of Essex, Sigeberht the Little, Birinus, Aldfrith of Northumbria, Hussa of Bernicia, and Theodelap of Spoleto. Among people deceased in 624, Mellitus ranks 9. Before him are Amr ibn Hishām, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Utbah ibn Rabi'ah, Asma bint Marwan, Rædwald of East Anglia, and Uthman ibn Maz'un.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Mellitus ranks 3,734 out of 5,161. Before him are Carlo Porta (1775), Stefano Borgonovo (1964), Letícia Román (1941), Cesare Perdisa (1932), Ersilio Tonini (1914), and Giuseppe Asclepi (1706). After him are Antonella Ragno-Lonzi (1940), Esau de' Buondelmonti (1355), Gabriele Salvatores (1950), Fausto Gresini (1961), Nunzio Gallo (1928), and Alberto Bigon (1947).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Mellitus ranks 541. Before him are Giacomo Capuzzi (1929), Giuseppe Merisi (1938), Gaetano Bedini (1806), Giovanni Cheli (1918), Silvano Piovanelli (1924), and Ersilio Tonini (1914). After him are Mario Francesco Pompedda (1929), Chiara Badano (1971), Luigi Padovese (1947), Maturino Blanchet (1892), Lorenzo Piretto (1942), and Augusto Paolo Lojudice (1964).

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