A pagan backlash from Christianity followed Æthelberht's death in 616, forcing Justus and Mellitus to flee to Gaul.[nine] The pair likely took refuge with Chlothar, hoping the Frankish king would intervene and restore them to their sees,[23] and by 617 Justus had been reinstalled in his bishopric by the new king.[4] Mellitus also click here return