Editing Justus (section)

==Archbishop==
Justus became Archbishop of Canterbury in 624,<ref name=Handbook213/> receiving his [[pallium]]—the symbol of the jurisdiction entrusted to archbishops—from Pope Boniface&nbsp;V, following which Justus consecrated [[Romanus (Bishop of Rochester)|Romanus]] as his successor at Rochester.<ref name=DNB/> Boniface also gave Justus a letter congratulating him on the conversion of King "Aduluald" (probably King Eadbald of Kent), a letter which is included in Bede's ''Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum''.<ref name=Kirby31>Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' pp. 31–32</ref> Bede's account of Eadbald's conversion states that it was Laurence, Justus's predecessor at Canterbury, who converted the king to Christianity, but D.&nbsp;P. Kirby argues that the letter's reference to Eadbald makes it likely that it was Justus.<ref name=Kirby33>Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' p. 33</ref> Other historians, including [[Barbara Yorke]] and [[Henry Mayr-Harting]], conclude that Bede's account is correct, and that Eadbald was converted by Laurence.<ref name=Mayr75>Mayr-Harting ''Coming of Christianity'' pp. 75–76</ref> Yorke argues that there were two kings of Kent during Eadbald's reign, Eadbald and Æthelwald, and that Æthelwald was the "Aduluald" referred to by Boniface. Yorke argues that Justus converted Æthelwald back to Christianity after Æthelberht's death.<ref name=Yorke32>Yorke ''Kings and Kingdoms'' p. 32</ref>
[[File:Staugustinescanterburygravejustus.jpg|thumb|alt=Stone set on the ground inscribed with "Justus, first Bishop of Rochester 604–624, fourth Archbishop of Canterbury 624–627, d. 627"|Modern gravestone marking the burial site of Justus in [[St Augustine's Abbey]], Canterbury]]
Justus consecrated [[Paulinus of York|Paulinus]] as the first [[bishop of York]], before the latter accompanied [[Æthelburg of Kent]] to Northumbria for her marriage to King [[Edwin of Northumbria]].<ref name=DNB/> Bede records Justus as having died on 10&nbsp;November, but does not give a year, although it is likely to have between 627 and 631.<ref name=Handbook213>Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 213</ref><ref name=Wallace82>Wallace-Hadrill ''Bede's Ecclesiastical History'' p. 82</ref> After his death, Justus was regarded as a saint, and was given a feast day on 10&nbsp;November.<ref name=DictSaint>Delaney ''Dictionary of Saints'' pp. 354–355</ref> The 9th-century [[Stowe Missal]] commemorates his feast day, along with Mellitus and Laurence.<ref name=ODS366>Farmer ''Oxford Dictionary of Saints'' p. 366</ref> In the 1090s, his remains were [[Translation (relics)|translated]], or ritually moved, to a shrine beside the high altar of St&nbsp;Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury. At about the same time, a ''Life'' was written about him by [[Goscelin]], as well as a poem by [[Reginald of Canterbury]].<ref name=ASE>Hayward "Justus" ''Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England''</ref>{{efn|None of these works appear to have been published or translated within the last 200 years.<ref name=DNB/>}} Other material from Thomas of Elmham, [[Gervase of Canterbury]], and [[William of Malmesbury]], later medieval chroniclers, adds little to Bede's account of Justus's life.<ref name=DNB/>