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St Augustine's Cross is a stone memorial in Kent, in a fenced enclosure on the south side of Cottington Road, west of Cliffs End, at Pegwell Bay, Thanet, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Ramsgate, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Richborough Roman Fort, and 12 miles (19 km) east of Canterbury, in the parish of Minster. The cross was erected in 1884 to commemorate the arrival of St Augustine in England in AD 597. It is believed to mark the place where St. Augustine met King Ethelbert for the first time.

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  • Croix de saint Augustin (fr)
  • St Augustine's Cross (en)
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  • St Augustine's Cross is a stone memorial in Kent, in a fenced enclosure on the south side of Cottington Road, west of Cliffs End, at Pegwell Bay, Thanet, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Ramsgate, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Richborough Roman Fort, and 12 miles (19 km) east of Canterbury, in the parish of Minster. The cross was erected in 1884 to commemorate the arrival of St Augustine in England in AD 597. It is believed to mark the place where St. Augustine met King Ethelbert for the first time. (en)
  • La croix de saint Augustin (St Augustine's Cross en anglais) est un monument situé dans la paroisse civile de Minster-in-Thanet, sur l'île de Thanet, dans le comté de Kent. Il s'agit d'une grande croix celtique en pierre, sur le modèle des croix de Sandbach, haute de 7 m. Elle est érigée en 1884 à l'initiative du comte Granville Leveson-Gower, secrétaire d'État des Affaires étrangères et Gouverneur des Cinq-Ports, pour commémorer la première rencontre entre le roi païen Æthelberht de Kent et le missionnaire romain Augustin, en 597. (fr)
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