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elfled_n virgin_n 14â—_n elphegus_n bishop_n martyr_n 361._o elstan_n bishop_n 340._o erkenwald_n bishop_n 407._o ermenburg_n queen_n 100_o ermenild_a abbess_n 157._o ethelbert_n king_n confessor_n 179._o ethelbert_n king_n martyr_n 466._o etheldred_n queen_n abbess_n 593._o f._n fellix_fw-la bishop_n 244_o fremund_n king_n 424._o furseus_n abbot_n 72_o g._n gilbert_n confessor_n 135_o gregory_n pope_n 246_o godrick_n hermite_n 472_o gudwall_n bishop_n 505_o guthlake_n confessor_n 343_o gyldas_n abbot_n 112_o gysla_n and_o rictrude_n 341_o h._n henry_n hermit_n 78_o herebert_n priest_n 322_o i._n inas_fw-la king_n 142_o john_n of_o beverley_n 415_o k._n kentigerne_n bishop_n 61_o kyneburg_n abbess_n and_o kineswide_a virgin_n 237_o l._n laurence_n archbishop_n 126_o m._n margaret_z queen_n 564._o melliâ—us_a bishop_n 399._o milburg_n abbess_n 173._o milgith_n virgin_n 187._o o._n oswald_z bishop_n 188._o owen_n confessor_n 235._o p._n paternus_n bishop_n 356._o patrick_n bishop_n 270._o peter_z abbot_z 69._o pyran_n bishop_n 236._o r._n richard_z bishop_n 327._o robert_z abbot_z 554._o s._n sexulphe_n bishop_n 111._o stephen_n abbot_n 357._o swibert_n bishop_n 202._o t._n thelian_a bishop_n 149._o theorithgid_a virgin_n 101._o translation_n of_o s._n edward_n king_n and_o martyr_n 159._o trumwine_v bishop_n 152._o v._o vlrick_n confeffour_n 162._o w._n walburg_n virgin_n 183._o wereburg_n abbess_n 131._o wilgis_fw-la confessor_n 116._o willeick_n priest_n 229._o william_n archbishop_z 559._o winwaloke_n abbott_n 231._o wolstan_n bishop_n 84._o wulsine_n bishop_n 39_o wyre_n bishop_n 421._o