Deanery of Christianity (Lincoln)

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The Deanery of Christianity is a deanery in the Anglican Diocese of Lincoln in England immediately around the city of Lincoln. [1] The deanery takes the name "Christianity" because there is a tradition that a diocese and a deanery should not share the same name.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Wilson, John Marius (1866). The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales; Embracing Recent Changes in Counties, Dioceses, Parishes, Etc. (Index.). p. 39. Retrieved 14 February 2024.