confessor

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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

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

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

On the top of the crown was a big blue sapphire once worn on a ring by Edward the Confessor more than 900 years ago.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2022

Edward the Confessor brought back with him from France new French designs for the rebuilding of Westminster Abbey, and doubtless he brought French masons also.

From The Grotesque in Church Art by Wildridge, T. Tindall