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From The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.
Saint Edward. King and Confessor.
Feast Day 13 October.
Semi-Double.
White Vestments.
Artist: Unknown Master. French (second half of 14th-Century).
Title: Wilton Diptych: Richard II of England with his Patron Saints.
Description: Richard II of England with his Patron Saints.
The Wilton Diptych (circa 1395-1399) is a portable Altarpiece,
taking the form of a Diptych.
It was painted for King Richard II.
Date: 1395.
Current location: National Gallery, London, England.
Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.
Author: Unknown.
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The left panel of the Wilton Diptych, where Edward the Confessor (centre), with Edmund the Martyr (left) and John the Baptist (right), are depicted presenting King Richard II to the heavenly host.
Edward has traditionally been seen as unworldly and pious, and his reign as notable for the disintegration of royal power in England and the advance in power of the Godwin family. His biographers, Frank Barlow and Peter Rex, dispute this, picturing him as a successful King, who was energetic, resourceful and sometimes ruthless, but whose reputation has been unfairly tarnished by the Norman Conquest shortly after his death.
Other historians regard this picture as only partly true, and not at all in the later part of his reign. In the view of Richard Mortimer, the return of the Godwins from exile in 1052 "meant the effective end of his exercise of power". The difference in his level of activity from the earlier part of his reign "implies a withdrawal from affairs".
Saint Edward's Roman Catholic Church,
Photo: 28 November 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Ebyabe.
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Edward had succeeded Cnut the Great's son, Harthacnut, restoring the rule of the House of Wessex after the period of Danish rule since Cnut had conquered England in 1016. When Edward died in 1066, he was succeeded by Harold Godwinson, who was defeated and killed in the same year by the Normans under William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings.
Edward is called Confessor, the name for someone believed to have lived a Saintly life but who was not a Martyr (in Latin S. Eduardus Confessor rex Anglorum), as opposed to S. Eduardus Martyr rex Anglorum. He was Canonised in 1161 by Pope Alexander III, and is commemorated on 13 October by both the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales. Saint Edward was one of the national Saints of England until King Edward III adopted Saint George as Patron Saint in about 1350.
Edward is called Confessor, the name for someone believed to have lived a Saintly life but who was not a Martyr (in Latin S. Eduardus Confessor rex Anglorum), as opposed to S. Eduardus Martyr rex Anglorum. He was Canonised in 1161 by Pope Alexander III, and is commemorated on 13 October by both the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales. Saint Edward was one of the national Saints of England until King Edward III adopted Saint George as Patron Saint in about 1350.
English: Church of Saint Edward,
Port Alfred, Quebec, Canada.
Français: Église Saint-Édouard de Port-Alfred,
Quebec, Canada.
This photo is of a cultural heritage site in Canada, number 9139
Photo: 29 September 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: valstoria.
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The following Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.
Edward, called The Confessor, was a grandson of Saint Edward, King and Martyr.
When he was raised to the Throne of England, "it was seen," says a historian, "what can be done by a King who is the true father of his subjects. All those who approached him endeavoured to regulate their lives according to his. Neither ambition, nor the love of riches, nor any of the passions, which are unfortunately so common among courtiers, were known at his court."
He was everywhere called the father of the orphans and of the poor, and he was never happier than when he could distribute alms (Epistle). He always granted what was requested of him in the name of Saint John the Evangelist. He died in 1066.
Mass: Os Justi.
