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'Gregory the Great as "Apostle of the English" in Post-Conquest Canterbury'. / Hayward, Paul Antony.
In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 55, No. 1, 01.2004, p. 19-57.

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Hayward PA. 'Gregory the Great as "Apostle of the English" in Post-Conquest Canterbury'. The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 2004 Jan;55(1):19-57. doi: 10.1017/S0022046903008911

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Hayward, Paul Antony. / 'Gregory the Great as "Apostle of the English" in Post-Conquest Canterbury'. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 2004 ; Vol. 55, No. 1. pp. 19-57.

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