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Reginald Pole
Sign in to saveEnglish cardinal, the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury
Key facts
- Church
- Catholic Church
- Installed
- 22 March 1556
- Term ended
- 17 November 1558
- Predecessor
- Thomas Cranmer
- Successor
- Matthew Parker
- Ordination
- 20 March 1556
- Consecration
- 22 March 1556, by Nicholas Heath
- Created cardinal
- 22 December 1536, by Paul III
- Born
- ( 1500-03-12 ) 12 March 1500, Stourton Castle , Staffordshire, England
- Died
- 17 November 1558 (1558-11-17) (aged 58), London, England
- Parents
- Sir Richard Pole , Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Reginald
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Staffordshire
- Place of death
- London
- Father
- Sir Richard Pole
- Sibling
- Geoffrey Pole
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Educated at
- University of Padua
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- 1549–50 papal conclave
- Image
- Reginald Pole cardinal.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1500-03-03
- date of death
- 1558-11-17
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- place of burial
- Canterbury Cathedral
- cause of death
- influenza
- manner of death
- natural causes
- student
- Lazarus Buonamici
- name in native language
- Reginald Pole
- writing language
- English language
- significant person
- Pietro Bembo
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Encyclopedic overview
Reginald Pole (12 March 1500 – 17 November 1558) was an English cardinal and the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, holding the office from 1556 to 1558 during the Marian Restoration of Catholicism.
Early life
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