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11th-century Christian saints

  • Edward the ConfessorEdward the Confessor was born between 1003 and 1005 in Islip, Oxfordshire. He spent a quarter of a century away from England during his childhood exile.
  • Vladimir the GreatIn 978, a Varangian army marched on Kiev to depose Yaropolk. Vladimir, the illegitimate youngest son of Sviatoslav I, had fled abroad after his brother Oleg…
  • Yaroslav the WiseYaroslav I Vladimirovich arrived in the world as one of many sons born to Vladimir the Great and Rogneda of Polotsk. His exact age remains a subject of…