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

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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