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Saint Wilfrid: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Wilfrid of York • Wilfred of York
Born 634 • Northumbria • England
Died April 24, 709 or April 24, 710 • Oundle • England
Founder England
Role In Synod of Whitby
St. Thomas Becket
St. Thomas Becket
archbishop of Canterbury
Godfrey Kneller: painting of James II
James II
king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Painting by Anthonis Mor of Mary I of England seated on an ornate chair, wearing a dark gown with gold embroidery, a jeweled necklace, and holding a red rose.
Mary I
queen of England
Thomas Cardinal Wolsey
Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey
English cardinal and statesman
Reginald Pole, detail of a portrait attributed to Fra Sebastiano del Piombo; in a private collection
Reginald Pole
archbishop of Canterbury
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Stephen Gardiner
English bishop and statesman
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Stephen Langton
archbishop of Canterbury
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Saint John Fisher
English priest
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Hubert Walter
archbishop of Canterbury
George Jeffreys, detail of an oil painting attributed to H. Claret; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys
English judge
George Calvert, 1st Baron of Baltimore, engraving
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
British statesman
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Saint Dunstan of Canterbury
English archbishop
St. Edmund Campion
St. Edmund Campion
English saint
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Walter Reynolds
archbishop of Canterbury
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John Morton
archbishop of Canterbury
William Warham, engraving from Edmund Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain (1814–34).
William Warham
archbishop of Canterbury
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Wulfstan
English archbishop
St. Thomas de Cantelupe, cast of his seal; in the collection of the Dean and Chapter of Hereford Cathedral, England
Saint Thomas de Cantelupe
English saint
Arundel, Thomas
Thomas Arundel
archbishop of Canterbury
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William Watson
English priest

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