What is recorded here
This bronze commemorative plaque records: City of Rochester Site of the Saxon Cathedral built by Ethelbert King of Kent A.D. 604. The line of the Apse is marked inside the Cathedral.
Ethelbert, King of Kent, was the first Anglo-Saxon king to convert to Christianity; he commissioned the construction of the Saxon Cathedral in Rochester in 604, marking an important step in the Christianization of England.
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