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Also Known As St. Laurentius of Canterbury • St/ Laurence of Canterbury
Died February 2, 619 • Canterbury • England
St. Gregory the Great
pope
Saint Mellitus of Canterbury
Italian saint
St. Edmund Campion
St. Edmund Campion
English saint
Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza
Spanish missionary
Ealdred
Anglo-Saxon archbishop
St. Augustine of Canterbury
Saint Augustine of Canterbury
archbishop of Canterbury
Amanda Smith
American religious leader
Robert Southwell
English poet and martyr
Aidan, Saint
Saint Aidan
bishop of Lindisfarne
George Whitefield
George Whitefield
British clergyman
Blessed Domenico Barberi
Italian mystic
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Murder of St. Thomas Becket
St. Thomas Becket
archbishop of Canterbury
Godfrey Kneller: painting of James II
James II
king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary
queen of Scotland
Harold II
Harold II
king of England
Mary I
Mary I
queen of England
St. Teresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa
Roman Catholic nun
Thomas Cardinal Wolsey
Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey
English cardinal and statesman
Edward the Confessor and Duke William of Normandy, from the Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery, 11th century, located at the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, Bayeux, France.
Edward
king of England [1002?-1066]