Cannonization of Alfege
History of England
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| | 1078 | , Alfege | |
| Canterbury Alfege is canonized, two churchmen, Archbishop Lanfranc and St Anselm agree that sainthood had been achieved in the cause of divine justice |
| Canterbury Lanfranc and Anselm remember Alfege's last known words, to the Danish cries of "Give us gold", he had replied, "The gold I give you is the Word of God" |
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