St. Paulinus, Bishop of York, Disciple of St. Gregory the Great

St. Paulinus was a Roman missionary and the first Bishop of York, England. Sent by Pope Gregory the Great in 601 to support the mission to the Anglo-Saxons, he later travelled north to Northumbria, where he baptized King Edwin in 627 and helped establish Christianity in the region. After Edwin’s death in 633, Paulinus returned south and served as Bishop of Rochester until his death in 644. He is remembered for his tireless evangelization, and his feast is celebrated on October 10.