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Died February 21, 1072 or February 22, 1072
St. Thomas Becket
St. Thomas Becket
archbishop of Canterbury
St. John Henry Newman
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
Godfrey Kneller: painting of James II
James II
king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
English theologian
William of Ockham
William of Ockham
English philosopher
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
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Saint Wilfrid
English saint
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
Alcuin
Alcuin
Anglo-Saxon scholar
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Saint Gilbert of Sempringham
Roman Catholic priest
St. Edmund
St. Edmund of Abingdon
archbishop of Canterbury
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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
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Nicholas Of Hereford
English scholar
George Calvert, 1st Baron of Baltimore, engraving
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
British statesman
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Saint Dunstan of Canterbury
English archbishop