Nov 262009
![[Saint Edward the Martyr]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/saint-edward-the-martyr/saint-edward-the-martyr.jpg "jpg photograph of a stained glass window of Saint Edward the Martyr, date unknown, artist unknown; swiped with permission from the flickr account of Brother Lawrence Lew, OP")
Also known as
- Edward II
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Son of King Edgar the Peaceful, and Æthelflæd. On Edgar’s death in 975, there was a disputed succession between Edward and his younger half-brother, Æthelred, Edgar’s son by Ælfthryth, but Edward was chosen King of England at age 13; he reigned less than three years. Killed at the behest of his step-mother Elfrida so her son could take the throne, and popularly proclaimed a martyr.
Born
- stabbed to death in the evening of 18 March 978 at Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire, England
- buried at Wareham, England
- relics translated to Shaftesbury Abbey on 13 February 981, and resided there for over 500 years
- relics hidden in 1539 when the abbey was seized by the state
- relics re-discovered in 1931 during an archeological dig on the site
- relics re-interred in the Brookwood Cemetery, Saint Edward the Martyr Orthodox Church, Woking, England under the care of monks in the Greek Orthodox tradition
- king with dagger and cup
- king with dagger and falcon
- king with sceptre and sword
- king on horseback, drinking mead, while assassins move toward him
Additional Information
- Anglo Saxon Chronicle
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- Catholic Online
- Dominican Adaptations from the Catalogus Hagiographicus OP
- Early British Kingdoms
- Father Demetrios Serfes
- Heiligen Lexikon
- Kirken i Norge
- Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Santi e Beati
- Wikipedia
MLA Citation
- “Saint Edward the Martyr“. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 March 2013. Web. 18 May 2013. <>
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