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Abbey, Peterborough

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Benedictine monastery, Northamptonshire, England; known at first as Medeshamstede; founded 654 by Peada, king of Mercia. Destroyed by the Danes; restored; burned, 1116; Henry VIII made it the cathedral of his new Diocese of Peterborough (1541).

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Entry for 'Abbey, Peterborough'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/abbey-peterborough.html. 1910.
 
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