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Saint Edward The Confessor A Detail From Richard II of England With His Patron Saints From The Wilton Diptych 1395 Tempera On Oak Panel National Gallery London England
Saint Edward The Confessor A Detail From Richard II of England With His Patron Saints From The Wilton Diptych 1395 Tempera On Oak Panel National Gallery London England

Saint Edward The Confessor

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

January 5

Died

January 5, 1066

Canonized

1161 by Pope Alexander III

Biography

Saint Edward the Confessor, also known as Edward the Confessor, was born a prince in 1003 in Islip, Oxford, England. He was the son of King Ethelred II and Queen Emma, and half-brother to King Edmund Ironside and King Hardicanute. His early life was marked by political turmoil as his father was unseated by Danish invasion....

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