Bayeux tapestry, Edward III the Confessor,

 

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Educated at the Norman court, when in 1043 his half-brother Harthacnut called him back and made him his successor, Edward III the Confessor brought with him Norman nobles and clergymen to England, who tried to open the country to Norman cultural influence, despite the internal opposition led by the Earl of Godwin. Canonized in 1161 by Pope Alexander III, he is celebrated on January 5 as the patron saint of kings. Tradition has it that Edward and his wife were people so ascetic and dedicated to God that they decided to live together as brother and sister, in order to achieve holiness. For this reason, he is also the patron saint of difficult marriages, of separated spouses and, from the reign of Henry II until 1348, he was also considered the patron saint of England. He later remained the patron saint of the royal family. Here he is depicted in a passage from the famous Bayeux tapestry, an admirable 11th century work preserved in the Guillaume-le-Conquérant Center in Bayeux.

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