Defender of the Faith

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Defender of the Faith is a traditional honorific used by British monarchs signifying their role as the supreme governor and protector of the Church of England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title ⓘ
monarchical title ⓘ
royal style ⓘ
abbreviation F.D. ⓘ
Fid. Def. ⓘ
appearsOn British coinage ⓘ
British medals ⓘ
United Kingdom coins ⓘ
associatedWith British constitutional monarchy ⓘ
established church in England ⓘ
componentOf full style of the British sovereign ⓘ
confirmedBy English statute law ⓘ
Parliament of England ⓘ
confirmedFor English monarchs ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
grantedBy Pope Leo X ⓘ
grantedTo Henry VIII of England ⓘ
grantYear 1521 ⓘ
holder Charles III ⓘ
linked to: Prince Charles

Elizabeth II ⓘ
George V ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
linked to: Queen Victoria
jurisdiction England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
legalStatus part of the royal style in the United Kingdom ⓘ
originalForm Fidei Defensor ⓘ
originalReason defence of the seven sacraments against Martin Luther ⓘ
support of Roman Catholic doctrine ⓘ
papalBull Pope Leo X bull of 1521 ⓘ
relatedConcept Supreme Governor of the Church of England ⓘ
royal supremacy ⓘ
religiousContext Anglicanism ⓘ
linked to: Anglican Communion

Church of England ⓘ
revocationReason English Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation

Henry VIII break with Rome ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
revokedBy Pope Paul III ⓘ
scopeOfFaith Christian faith as embodied in the Church of England ⓘ
shortDescription traditional honorific of British monarchs signifying protection of the Church of England ⓘ
signifiesRole protector of the Church of England ⓘ
supreme governor of the Church of England ⓘ
titleType hereditary royal title ⓘ
religious title ⓘ
usedBy British monarch ⓘ
English monarch ⓘ
usedIn coronation oaths ⓘ
formal state documents ⓘ
royal proclamations ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British monarch → title → Defender of the Faith ⓘ
Fidei Defensor → shortForm → Defender of the Faith ⓘ
British royal family → monarchTitle → Defender of the Faith ⓘ
F.D. → meaningInEnglish → Defender of the Faith ⓘ
F.D. → denotesRole → Defender of the Faith ⓘ
Fidei Defensor → meaningInEnglish → Defender of the Faith ⓘ
subject linked to: F.D.
Fid. Def. → shortFormOfTitle → Defender of the Faith ⓘ
Prince Albert, Duke of York → title → Defender of the Faith ⓘ
Elizabethan religious settlement → established → Elizabeth I as Supreme Governor of the Church of England ⓘ
linked to: Defender of the Faith
King of England → style → Defender of the Faith ⓘ
Charles Philip Arthur George → title → Defender of the Faith ⓘ
Goodbye, Columbus → containsWork → Defender of the Faith ⓘ
Most Faithful Majesty → contrastsWith → Defender of the Faith ⓘ
Church of England → headOfStateRole → Defender of the Faith ⓘ
Canadian sovereign → title → Defender of the Faith ⓘ