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Also Known As Edmund Rich
Born November 20, 1175? • Abingdon-on-Thames • England
Died November 16, 1240 • France • (Anniversary tomorrow)
Title / Office archbishop of Canterbury (1234-1240)
Notable Works “Speculum ecclesiae”

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