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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ancient See of Winchester |
 | | It occupied the site of an earlier edifice dating from the Roman occupation, which had been converted into a pagan temple by the Saxons. |
| | A new cathedral was built by Cynegils, and three hundred years later was enlarged by Bishop Aethelwald, who replaced the secular canons by Benedictine monks and built a large monastery. |
| | After the conquest the first Norman bishop, Walkelin, built a cathedral n the Norman style on a site near by; much of his work remains in the present edifice. |
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