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  Not to forget that there were two Pharos lighthouse/signaling stations in Dover, the other being up on the Western Heights and sadly virtually demolished when the Drop Redoubt was built. Even if there was a hint of truth to the earliest church establishing story (which I doubt), there are still two lighthouses.
  
  Alexander is right that during the early stages of Roman occupation, client kings or rather tribal chiefs were tolerated if they remained loyal. Some such as Cogidubnus and Prasutagus were even rewarded with large villa complexes - the aforementioned Cogidubnus had the large villa at Fishbourne in West Sussex. It is not therefore inconceivable that that there was a client king in Kent called Lucius.
  
  However, the first reference to Lucius is in a 6th century source reciting the history of the Popes, a good few hundred years after Lucius is supposed to have existed. The Anglo-Saxon historian Bede repeats the tale and Geoffrey of Monmouth in the 12th century. Unfortunately there is simply no archaeological, numismatic or epigraphical evidence of the existence of a second century King Lucius in Britain. Even the earliest reference to him in the 6th century is believed to be a mistake and in fact a reference to a King in Mesopotamia also called Lucius.
  
  Sorry, but I just don't go for it...

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