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
For almost a thousand years, Westminster Abbey, with the Shrine of St Edward, King and Confessor, at its heart, has remained the place of coronation for our Monarchs.
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
The armorial bearings belong to a much later period than the reign of Edward the Confessor.
From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William
