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
The St Edward's Crown replaced a medieval version, thought to have dated back to the 11th Century reign of Edward the Confessor which was melted down in 1649.
From Reuters • Dec. 3, 2022
That constancy should earn Elizabeth a royal epithet like those of her predecessors such as William the Conqueror, Edward the Confessor and Alfred the Great, said royal historian Hugo Vickers.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2022
About a century after the death of Edward the Confessor, William of Malmesbury compiled his “Chronicle of the Kings of England,” and in this work is the earliest allusion to the subject.
From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various
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