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Saint Edmund plaque

Commemorative plaque

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The public map records this plaque for Saint Edmund. Its recorded inscription reads: This tablet commemorates in the town of his birth Saint Edmund of Abingdon Archbishop of Canterbury 1233‒1240. First known Doctor of Divinity in the University of Oxford, Treasurer of Salisbury Cathedral 1222‒1233. Born about 1175 Died 1240 and of Mabel
Saint Edmund of Abingdon was a significant religious figure who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1233 to 1240 and is remembered for his scholarly contributions as the first known Doctor of Divinity at the University of Oxford.

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