Nov 262009
![[Saint Edgar the Peaceful]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/saint-edgar-the-peaceful/saint-edgar-the-peaceful.jpg "jpg photograph of a detail of a 15th-century stained glass window image of Saint Edgar the Peaceful, All Souls College Chapel, Oxford, England; swiped off the Wikipedia web site")
Also known as
- Eadgar the Peaceful
- Edgar the Peaceable
- Edgar I
- Edgar of England
Profile
Born a prince, the son of King Edmund I and Saint Elgiva of Shaftesbury. King of the Mercians and Northumbrians in 957. King of the West Saxons on 1 October 959, which effectively made him king of all England. Efficient and unusually tolerant of local customs; while he spent much time in military actions, his reign was a peaceful period for civilians. Supported his friend Saint Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Oswald of York, and Bishop Aethelwold of Winchester in founding abbeys, encouraged the Benedictine movement, and enacted penalties for nonpayment of tithes and Peter’s pence. Father of Saint Edward the Martyr.
Born
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Online
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Wikipedia
MLA Citation
- “Saint Edgar the Peaceful”. Saints.SQPN.com. 24 November 2012. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-edgar-the-peaceful/>