Paulinns

Paulinns (d. 644), first Archbishop of York, was sent from Rome by Gregory in 601 to assist Augustine in Kent. On the marriage of Ethelburga, daughter of Ethelbert of Kent, to Edwin of Northumbria, in 625, he accompanied the princess to her new home, having been previously consecrated bishop by Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury. After some difficulty, he prevailed on Edwin to call a meeting of his wise men, in which the arguments for and against the new religion were fully discussed, the result being that the king and his court received baptism in a wooden chapel, on the site of which afterwards rose York Minster (627).

For six years he laboured with zeal and success amongst the Northumbrians, and received the pallium as metropolitan of the north from Pope Honorius; but after the defeat and death of Edwin at Hatfield (633) he returned with Ethelberga to Kent, and was appointed Bishop of Rochester.