* Austin is a contracted form of Augustine of Hippo and Augustine of Canterbury.

The Anglican Communion is an international association of national and regional Anglican churches ( and a few other episcopal churches ) in full communion with the Church of England ( which is regarded as the mother church of the worldwide communion ) and specifically with its principal primate, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, religious head of the Church of England, has no formal authority outside that jurisdiction, but is recognised as symbolic head of the worldwide communion.

There is an Anglican Communion Office in London, under the aegis of the Archbishop of Canterbury, but it only serves a supporting and organisational role.

It is held roughly every ten years and invitation is by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The body has a permanent secretariat, the Anglican Communion Office, of which the Archbishop of Canterbury is president.

Since membership is based on a province's communion with Canterbury, expulsion would require the Archbishop of Canterbury's refusal to be in communion with the affected jurisdiction ( s ).

The first undoubted instance is the bull by which Alexander II in 1063 granted the use of the mitre to Egelsinus, abbot of the monastery of St Augustine at Canterbury.

Additionally, at the enthronement of the Archbishop of Canterbury, there is a threefold enthronement, once in the throne the chancel as the diocesan bishop of Canterbury, once in the Chair of St. Augustine as the Primate of All England, and then once in the chapter-house as Titular Abbot of Canterbury.

* Absalom is the name of a comedic character in " The Miller's Tale " in the Canterbury Tales.

And a solemn diploma from Christ Church, Canterbury dated 873 is so poorly constructed and written that historian Nicholas Brooks posited a scribe who was either so blind he could not read what he wrote or who knew little or no Latin.

" It is clear ," Brooks concludes, " that the metropolitan church Canterbury must have been quite unable to provide any effective training in the scriptures or in Christian worship.

After the 1174 fire in Canterbury Cathedral, Ælfheah's remains together with those of Dunstan were placed around the high altar, at which Thomas Becket is said to have commended his life into Ælfheah's care shortly before his martyrdom during the Becket controversy.

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.

He is the 104th in a line which goes back more than 1400 years to St Augustine of Canterbury, the " Apostle to the English ", in the year 597.

# He is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury, which covers the east parts of the County of Kent.

# He is the metropolitan archbishop of the Province of Canterbury, which covers the southern two-thirds of England.

As holder of one of the " five great sees " ( the others being York, London, Durham and Winchester ), the Archbishop of Canterbury is ex officio one of the Lords Spiritual of the House of Lords.

The current archbishop, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Rowan Douglas Williams, is the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury.

Catalogued as Cambridge Manuscript 286, it has been positively dated to 6th century Italy and this bound book, the St Augustine Gospels, is still used during the swearing-in ceremony of new archbishops of Canterbury.

Former University of Canterbury campus in the city centre, today the Christchurch Arts Centre

Other New Zealand universities, apparently defying an informal agreement, have launched billboard and print advertising campaigns in the earthquake-ravaged city to recruit University of Canterbury students who are finding it difficult to study there.

In February 2011, a major earthquake in Christchurch, the nation's second largest city, significantly impacted the national economy and the government formed the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority in response.

The King's School is a British co-educational independent school for both day and boarding pupils in the historic English cathedral city of Canterbury in Kent.

is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England.

After the Kingdom of Kent's conversion to Christianity in 597, St Augustine founded an episcopal see in the city and became the first Archbishop of Canterbury, a position that now heads the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion ( though the modern-day Province of Canterbury covers the entire south of England ).

The city lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district.

Canterbury is, however, a relatively small city, when compared with other British cities.

In 1448 Canterbury was granted a City Charter, which gave it a mayor and a high sheriff ; the city still has a Lord Mayor and Sheriff.

Canterbury Prison was opened in 1808 just outside the city boundary.

The biggest expansion of the city occurred in the 1960s, with the arrival of the University of Kent at Canterbury and Christ Church College.

Its main city, Christchurch, hosts the main office of the Christchurch City Council, the Canterbury Regional Council-called Environment Canterbury ( ECAN )-and the University of Canterbury.

For many purposes South Canterbury is considered a separate region, centred on the city of Timaru.

Robert Runcie, later Archbishop of Canterbury, was bishop of St Albans from 1970 to 1980 and returned to live in the city after his retirement ; he is commemorated by a gargoyle on the Cathedral as well as being buried in the graveyard.

From here they attacked Kent and, in the year 1012, took the city of Canterbury, making Archbishop Alphege their prisoner for seven months in their camp at Greenwich.

As of 2011, only five city centres in England have been designated as AAIs ( Canterbury, Chester, Exeter, Hereford and York ).

The historic city of Canterbury is situated on the river, as are the former Cinque Port of Sandwich and the railway town of Ashford.

A branch of the Great Stour in Westgate Gardens, outside the Canterbury city walls

The historic city of Canterbury lies at a junction of four Roman roads, where their Watling Street connected with the sea.

During the Middle Ages, Ypres was a prosperous Flemish city with a population of 40, 000, renowned for its linen trade with England, which was mentioned in the Canterbury Tales.

Three Red-billed Choughs are depicted on the coat of arms of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the city of Canterbury also has choughs on its coat of arms, because of its connection to the saint.