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Church - Battle Abbey
In 1070 Pope Alexander II ordered the Normans to do penance for killing so many people during their conquest of England. So William the Conqueror vowed to build an abbey where the Battle of Hastings had taken place, with the high altar of its church on the supposed spot where King Harold fell in that battle on Saturday, 14 October 1066. He did start building it, dedicating it to St. Martin, sometimes known as "the Apostle of the Gauls," though William died before it was completed.
| Date | 1071 |
| File name | Church - Battle Abbey.jpg |
| File Size | 62.87k |
| Dimensions | 300 x 450 |
| Linked to | Duke of Normandy -- King of England Guillaume de Normandy (Religion); Duke of Normandy -- King of England Guillaume de Normandy |
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