<P> Christianisation of the Anglo - Saxon Kingdoms began in AD 597 , influenced by Celtic Christianity from the north - west and by the Roman church from the south - east , gradually replacing Anglo - Saxon polytheism which had been introduced to what is now England over the course of the 5th and 6th centuries with the arrival of the Anglo - Saxons . The first Archbishop of Canterbury , Augustine took office in 597 AD . In 601 , he baptized the first Christian Anglo - Saxon king , Æthelberht of Kent . The last pagan Anglo - Saxon / Jutish king , Arwald , died in 686 . </P>
<P> Christianisation of the Anglo - Saxon Kingdoms began in AD 597 , influenced by Celtic Christianity from the north - west and by the Roman church from the south - east , gradually replacing Anglo - Saxon polytheism which had been introduced to what is now England over the course of the 5th and 6th centuries with the arrival of the Anglo - Saxons . The first Archbishop of Canterbury , Augustine took office in 597 AD . In 601 , he baptized the first Christian Anglo - Saxon king , Æthelberht of Kent . The last pagan Anglo - Saxon / Jutish king , Arwald , died in 686 . </P>
who became the first anglo saxon christian king
who became the first anglo saxon christian king
Æthelberht of Kent
Æthelberht of Kent