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Born c.1005 • Pavia • Italy
Died May 28, 1089 • Canterbury • England
Durham Cathedral
William Of Saint Carilef
English bishop
Saint Dunstan of Canterbury
English archbishop
John Leslie, detail of an engraving
John Leslie
Scottish bishop
Wulfstan
English archbishop
Ealdred
Anglo-Saxon archbishop
Roger of Pont l’Évêque
English archbishop
Robert of Jumièges
archbishop of Canterbury and bishop of London
Sir Francis Englefield
advisor to Mary I
David Riccio
Italian royal secretary
St. Gregory the Great
pope
Roberto Ridolfi
Italian conspirator
Hugh Le Despenser
English noble, the younger [died 1326]
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer
archbishop of Canterbury
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
English statesman
Edward Hyde, 1st earl of Clarendon
English statesman
William Laud
William Laud
archbishop of Canterbury
Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cromwell
English statesman
Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of Strafford
English noble
William Marshal, 1st earl of Pembroke
English regent
Aelred of Rievaulx, Saint
Saint Aelred of Rievaulx
Cistercian monk