Alabaster effigy of King Edward II in the choir of Gloucester Cathedral (former abbey) England: murdered in 1327, Edward became a popular saint.

Alabaster effigy of King Edward II in the choir of Gloucester Cathedral (former abbey) England: murdered in 1327, Edward became a popular saint. Stock Photo
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Mick Sharp / Alamy Stock Photo

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DBFJH0

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57.1 MB (2.2 MB Compressed download)

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5185 x 3846 px | 43.9 x 32.6 cm | 17.3 x 12.8 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

April 1994

Location:

Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, UK

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Detail of alabaster effigy (c 1330) of King Edward II who was murdered in 1327 and became a popular saint. His son, Edward III, turned the choir of the Norman Benedictine abbey church into a royal mausoleum, in the Perpendicular Gothic style, containing a many-pinnacled shrine to his father.

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