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Act of Supremacy
A 1559 enactment re-establishing the English monarch as Supreme Governor of the Church of England and severing ties with the papacy.
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(1559) The first of a series of Parliamentary enactments re-establishing the English monarch as the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, thus severing the ties with the Roman Catholic Church and the pope's authority.
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Last revised August 14, 2026