birinnius

Updated: May 9, 2025

I shall just mention some of those who are said to have laboured thus. In 596, Austin, the monk, Melitus, Justus, Paulinus, and Russinian, laboured in England, and in their way were very successful. Paulinus, who appears to have been one of the best of them, had great success in Northumberland; Birinnius preached to the West Saxons, and Felix to the East Angles.

William Carey - An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens : In Which the Religious State of the Different Nations of the World, the Success of Former Undertakings, and the Practicability of Further Undertakings, Are Considered