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St Augustine’s Cross

Other memorial · Minster, Kent

In memory of Augustine of Canterbury

St Augustine’s Cross© Nick SmithCC BY-SA 2.0

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  • Photo of the memorial: Plaque
    Plaque. Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0

Where

Minster, Kent
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Inscription

AUGUSTINUS AD RUTUPINA LITTORA IN INSULA THANETI POST TOT TERRAE MARISQUE LABORES TANDEM ADVECTUS HOC IN LOCO CUM ETHELBERTO REGE CONGRESSUS PRIMAM APUD NOSTRATES CONCIONEM HABUIT ET FIDEM CHRISTIANAM QUAE PER TOTAM ANGLIAM MIRA CELERITATE DIFFUSA EST FELICITER INAUGURAVIT A.D. DXCVI QUARUM RERUM UT APUD ANGLOS SERVETUR MEMORIA HOC MONUMENTUM PONENDUM CURAVIT [...] GRANVILLE PORTUUM CUSTOS MDCCCLXXXIV

The names (3)

The names transcribed so far, in the order and spelling engraved. What the stone says about each person is beneath their name; nothing has been added from other records.

  1. Augustinus

    AUGUSTINUS

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    Cite this name

    St Augustine’s Cross (Minster, Kent, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 1, "AUGUSTINUS"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/2155/ : accessed 9 November 2026).

    Permanent link: https://pastonstone.com/name/2155/

    Read from: File:Plaque in Latin beneath St Augustine's Cross. - geograph.org.uk - 306074.jpg

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  2. King Ethelberto

    ETHELBERTO REGE

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    St Augustine’s Cross (Minster, Kent, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 2, "ETHELBERTO REGE"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/2156/ : accessed 9 November 2026).

    Permanent link: https://pastonstone.com/name/2156/

    Read from: File:Plaque in Latin beneath St Augustine's Cross. - geograph.org.uk - 306074.jpg

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  3. Granville

    GRANVILLE

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    St Augustine’s Cross (Minster, Kent, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 3, "GRANVILLE"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/2157/ : accessed 9 November 2026).

    Permanent link: https://pastonstone.com/name/2157/

    Read from: File:Plaque in Latin beneath St Augustine's Cross. - geograph.org.uk - 306074.jpg

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About this memorial

Erected
1884

Records of it elsewhere