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unusual facts about secular canons



Bernard of Clairvaux

At the age of nine years, he was sent to school at Châtillon-sur-Seine, run by the secular canons of Saint-Vorles.

Matthew Parker

Through her, he was appointed dean of the college of secular canons at Stoke-by-Clare in 1535.


see also

Stow Minster

It is said to have been re-founded and re-endowed in 1054 by Leofric and Godiva encouraged by Bishop Wulfwig as a Minster of Secular Canons with the Bishop at its head.