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Before becoming a high-ranking official, Wolsey was part of which religious order?
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Contrary to popular belief, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, the renowned English statesman and influential figure during the reign of King Henry VIII, did not belong to any religious order prior to his rise to prominence. Instead, he followed a more traditional path towards ecclesiastical authority, enrolling in the University of Oxford and subsequently obtaining benefices and ecclesiastical appointments that gradually elevated his status within the church hierarchy.
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