Icons of St. Ethelbert, king

Icons of St. Ethelbert, King & Confessor of Kent

Feast Day: February 25

It was St. Ethelbert who invited St. Augustine of Canterbury to preach to his kingdom, was baptised by him in 597, allowed his subjects the freedom to choose or reject Christianity, and helped convert the neighbouring kings Sabert and Redwald.

Top Icon: by the hand of Monk Aidan of Shropshire, Hermitage of Sts. Anthony and Cuthbert. Bottom icon: of unknown origin. 

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