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Consecration

England · House / House of Wessex. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1065Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1065

Edward the Confessor26 December 1065

Westminster Abbey · House / House of Wessex

Consecrates Westminster Abbey

Edward the Confessor28 December 1065

Westminster Abbey · House / House of Wessex

Westminster Abbey is consecrated on 28 December, but Edward is too ill to attend the ceremony.

Names involved

Edward the Confessor

Provenance

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