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An entry in a 15th century manuscript has provided unambiguous proof that Thurstan, who was Archbishop of York from 1114 to 1140, achieved sainthood, contrary to previous beliefs.
English Heritage has uncovered evidence of a lost saint in a discovery historians have hailed as adding “an extra dimension to our understanding” of the medieval North.