Paulinus
an English missionary to Northumbria, counted as the first of the archbishops of York. He was a native of Rome. He was sent on his mission by Gregory in 601, and first labored under Augustine in the evangelization of Kent. By him he was consecrated bishop in 625, when he accompanied Ethelburga on her marriage to the still heathen Edwin, King of Northumbria. For a long time he made no progress; but at length a great gathering was ing was held at Goodmanham, near York, and Edwin and his court submitted to baptism sm at York, in a wooden chapel dedicated to St. Peter, the foundation of the Minster, Easter Sunday, 627. Paulinus now carried the Gospel over Northumbria, but after six years' constant labor the death of Edwin in battle at Hatfield put a sudden end to his work.
In the same year he received the "pallium" as Archbishop of York from Rome, but he never returned, dying Oct. 10, PAVEMENT 644. He was buried in the chapter house at Rochester. a