Edward the Confessor
Americannoun
noun
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Even Mahony didn’t have a case as preposterous as that of John Lenihan, a popular priest at St. Edward the Confessor in Dana Point.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2023
He set his sights on being crowned in the new Abbey Church that Edward the Confessor had built beside his Palace at Westminster.
From BBC • May 5, 2023
It replaced an original crown believed to date back to the 11th century Anglo-Saxon king of England, Edward the Confessor.
From Reuters • May 5, 2023
That crown was a replacement for an even older medieval crown associated with Edward the Confessor, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, from the 11th century.
From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2022
There is a popular story that Emma, the mother of Edward the Confessor, was charged with undue familiarity with Alwyn, Bishop of Winchester.
From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William
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