St Augustine’s Abbey

St Augustine's Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in , Kent, England. The abbey was founded in 598 and functioned as a monastery until its dissolution in 1538 during the English Reformation.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: monastery in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
  • Also known as: “St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Canterbury Cathedral and St Martin’s Church.

Church
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is the cathedral of the archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. is situated 1,400 feet northwest of St Augustine’s Abbey.

Church
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The Church of St Martin is an ancient Church of England parish church in , England, situated slightly beyond the city centre. It is recognised as the oldest church building in Britain still in use as a church, and the oldest existing parish church in the English-speaking world, although Roman and Celtic churches had existed for centuries. is situated 1,200 feet east of St Augustine’s Abbey.

Church
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is situated 720 feet west of St Augustine’s Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canterbury and Wincheap.

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is a cathedral and university city in , in the South East of . Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of , Primate of All England and hence the Primus inter pares of the primates of each national church in the Anglican Communion and spiritual leader and senior clergyman of the Church of England.

Suburb
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is a road and suburb in , , England. The road forms part of the A28 road, stretching for around 1 mile from the city wall, close by , to the over-crossing of the A2 and the parish of .

Suburb
The residential area known as is part of the civil parish of , and lies to the north of the city of in , England. The residents include large numbers of students from the nearby University of Kent.

St Augustine’s Abbey

Latitude
51.27813° or 51° 16′ 41″ north
Longitude
1.08861° or 1° 5′ 19″ east
Open location code
9F3373HQ+7C
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Q334303
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“St Augustine’s Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Ավգուստինայի աբբայություն”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Ավգուստինի աբբայություն”
  • Basque: “San Agustinen abadia”
  • Belarusian: “Абацтва Святога Аўгусціна”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট অগাস্টিন’স অ্যাবি”
  • Catalan: “Abadia de Sant Agustí de Canterbury”
  • Catalan: “Abadia de Sant Agustí”
  • Chinese: “圣奥古斯丁修道院”
  • Croatian: “Opatija sv. Augustina u Canterburyju”
  • Czech: “Opatství v Canterbury”
  • Danish: “St Augustine’s Abbey”
  • Dutch: “St Augustine’s Abbey”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دير القديس اوجسطين”
  • Esperanto: “Abatejo Sankta Aŭgusteno (Canterbury)”
  • Esperanto: “Abatejo Sankta Aŭgusteno”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Augustinuksen luostari”
  • French: “Abbaye Saint-Augustin de Cantorbery”
  • French: “abbaye Saint-Augustin de Cantorbéry”
  • French: “Abbaye Saint-Augustin de Cantorbéry”
  • French: “Abbaye Saint-Augustin”
  • Galician: “Abadía de Santo Agostiño de Canterbury”
  • Georgian: “წმინდა ავგუსტინის სააბატო”
  • German: “Abtei St. Augustinus”
  • Greek: “Αββαείο του Αγίου Αυγουστίνου”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר סנט אוגוסטין”
  • Hindi: “सेंट ऑगस्टीन एबी”
  • Hungarian: “Canterburyi Szent Ágoston-apátság”
  • Indonesian: “Biara Santo Agustinus”
  • Irish: “Abtheach Naomh Agaistín”
  • Italian: “abbazia di Sant’Agostino”
  • Italian: “Abbazia di Sant’Agostino”
  • Japanese: “聖アウグスティヌス修道院”
  • Japanese: “聖オーガスティン修道院”
  • Latin: “Abbatia Sancti Augustini”
  • Latvian: “Svētā Augustīna abatija”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Augustine’s Abbey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Augustins abbedi”
  • Norwegian: “St. Augustine’s Abbey”
  • Persian: “کلیسای سنت آگوستین”
  • Persian: “کلیسای سنت اگوستین”
  • Polish: “Opactwo św. Augustyna w Canterbury”
  • Portuguese: “Abadia de Santo Agostinho”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Santo Agostinho”
  • Russian: “Аббатство святого Августина”
  • Russian: “Аббатство Святого Августина”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Сент-Огастин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opatija sv. Augustina u Canterburyju”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “St Augustine’s Abbey”
  • Slovenian: “opatija svetega Avguština v Canterburyju”
  • Slovenian: “Opatija svetega Avguština, Canterbury”
  • Spanish: “Abadia de san Agustin de Canterbury”
  • Spanish: “Abadía de san Agustín de Canterbury”
  • Spanish: “Abadia de San Agustin”
  • Spanish: “Abadia de San Agustín”
  • Spanish: “abadía de San Agustín”
  • Spanish: “Abadía de San Agustín”
  • Swedish: “Saint Augustine’s Abbey”
  • Swedish: “St. Augustine’s Abbey”
  • Thai: “เซนต์ออกัสตินส์แอบบีย์”
  • Thai: “มหาวิหารเซนต์ออกัสติน”
  • Thai: “แอบบีเซนต์ออกัสติน”
  • Turkish: “St. Augustine Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Абатство святого Августина”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ آکسٹائن ایبی”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện Thánh Augustine”
  • Welsh: “Abaty Sant Awstin”

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