Definition of St. Edward the Confessor

1. Noun. Son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066).


Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Edward The Confessor

St. Bernards
St. Boniface
St. Bride
St. Bridget
St. Brigid
St. Bruno
St. Catharines
St. Christopher
St. Christopher-Nevis
St. Cloud
St. Crispin
St. Dabeoc's heath
St. David
St. Denis
St. Dominic
St. Edward the Confessor (current term)
St. Edward the Martyr
St. Elias Mountains
St. Elias Range
St. Elmo's fire
St. Elmo's fires
St. Eustatius
St. Francis
St. Francis River
St. George
St. George's
St. George's Cross
St. George's Day
St. Gregory I

Literary usage of St. Edward the Confessor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... and that of the sanctuary of Westminster Abbey was laid, and the shrine of St. Edward the Confessor, with its inlaid mosaic, was executed. ..."

2. Londiniana: Or, Reminiscences of the British Metropolis: Including by Edward Wedlake Brayley (1829)
"... WESTMINSTER ABBEY, HISTORICAL FRIEZE IN THE CHAPEL OF St. Edward the Confessor. St. Edward the Confessor's Chapel is separated from the Choir ..."

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