Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England
Eadbald's baptism

Bede writes that Laurentius, the archbishop of Canterbury was also considering leaving after the rejection of Christianity in Essex and Kent but was scourged by St Peter, which convinced him to stay. According to these writings the archbishop showed Eadbald the wounds where he'd been beaten the night before and out of fear, Eadbald renounced his endogamous marriage and agreed to be baptised, meaning he would have been converted in 616 or 617. After his conversion, Mellitus and Justus returned from Gaul with the latter returning to Rochester. Eadbald did not have sufficient influence to restore Mellitus to his former church in London, however, against the will of the local heathens and he was unable to force the East Saxon kings to adopt Christianity. Mellitus thus remained in Canterbury where he consecrated a church that Eadbald had had built. Furthermore, Bede writes that in 625 Eadbald's sister Æthelburh, who was a Christian, married Eadwine of Deira and Paulinus accompanied her to minister the Christian community there.
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