What is Paulinus of York?
[[File:All Saints Pavement 2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|{{Center|St. Paulinus of York (center), with St. [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] (left) and St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (right). From the church of All Saints Pavement in York}}]] '''Paulinus''' (also '''St. Paulinus''') (died 644) was the first [[Bishop]] of [[York]]. He was named [[Archbishop of York]] by the pope, but had left [[Northumbria]] before the news reached him. He then became the Bishop of Rochester, in [[Kent]]. After his death he was [[:wikt:venerated|venerated]] as a [[saint]]. == Early career == Paulinus was a [[monk]] living in [[Rome]] when he was sent to [[Britain]] in 601 by [[Pope Gregory I]].<ref>Bede, ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'', trans. Leo Sherley Price, revsd. R. E. Latham (London; New York: Penguin Books, 1990), p. 90</ref> He was part of a group of [[Missionary|missionaries]] sent to aid [[Augustine of Canterbury|Augustine]] in his mission as the first [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].<ref name=Rainexxii>''The Historians of the Church of York and Its Archbishops'', Vol I, ed. James Raine (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012), p. xxii</ref> Little is known of Paulinus' in Kent. But 24 years later he was the [[Chaplain]] to Ethelberga of Kent, daughter of King [[Athelbert I of Kent]]. She was promised in marriage to King [[Edwin of Northumbria]].<ref name=Higham119>N. J. Higham, ''The Kingdom of Northumbria AD 350–1100'' (Dover, NH: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1993), p. 119</ref> In order to marry a [[Christian]] woman he promised he would consider converting to Christianity himself.<ref name=Higham119/> As part of the agreement her chaplain Paulinus came north to Northumbria with her.<ref name=Bede118>Bede, ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'', trans. Leo Sherley Price, revsd. R. E. Latham (London; New York: Penguin Books, 1990), p. 118</ref> Before leaving [[Canterbury]] in 625, Paulinus was [[Consecration|consecrated]] a bishop by [[Justus]], Archbishop of Canterbury.<ref name=Bede118/> == Bishop of York =