St. Edward the Confessor (October 13) — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year

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Opublikowano: 2026-10-13

A meditation for the Feast of St. Edward the Confessor, last Anglo-Saxon king of England, from Dom Guéranger’s “The Liturgical Year”, Volume V of the Time after Pentecost.St. Edward the Confessor (c. 1003–1066), King of England, was renowned for his deep piety, humility, charity toward the poor, and devotion to the Church. The son of King Ethelred II, he spent many years in exile in Normandy during the Danish occupation of England before returning to his homeland and ascending the throne in 1042. Although a king, Edward preferred peace to warfare and sought to govern with justice and mercy, ea...