MELLITUS (d. 624)  , bishop of London and archbishop of Canterbury, was sent to England by Pope Gregory the Great in 6ot . He was consecrated by St Augustine before 604i and a church was built for him in London by Aethelberht, kit.* of Kent; this church was dedicated to St Paul, and Mellitus became first bishop of London . About ten years later the East Saxons reverted to heathenism and the bishop was driven from his see . He took refuge in Kent and then in Gaul, but soon returned to England, and in 619 became archbishop of Canterbury in succession to Laurentius . He died on the 24th of April 624 .