Westminster Abbey, commonly known as Westminster Abbey, is located on the north bank of the Thames in London, originally a Catholic Benedictine monastery, built in 960 AD, expanded in 1045, completed in 1065, and rebuilt from 1220 to 1517. Westminster Abbey was a Catholic Benedictine church until the King founded the Anglican Church in 1540. After 1540 it became an Anglican Church. Westminster Abbey was expanded by "confessor" Edward and was canonised in 1065. Henry III, in honor of Edward, vowed to build a Goethe-style church, leaving little of the original structure. From the 13th to the 16th centuries, the kings of England dedicated their designs to it, and it became a clutter of styles. It served as the "parish church" for wedding and funeral ceremonies and coronations.