Saint Edmund of East Anglia
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- Also known as
- Edumund the Martyr
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20 November
formerly 2 November
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- King of East Anglia at age 14 on Christmas Day 855.
A model ruler, concerned with justice for his people.
Spent a year sequestered at Hunstanton learning the Psalter by heart.
Following one of a series of armed engagement with invading Danes, he was captured.
He was ordered to give his Christian people to the pagan invaders; he refused.
Martyr.
- Born
- c.841 probably at Nuremburg, Germany
- Died
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beaten, whipped, shot with arrows and beheaded at Hoxne, Suffolk, England 20 November 870
buried at Hoxne
relics moved to Beodricsworth (modern Saint Edmundsbury) in the 10th century
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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against plague
East Anglia, England, diocese of
kings
torture victims
wolves
- Representation
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arrow
king tied to a tree and shot with arrows
wolf
bearded king with a sword and arrow
man with his severed head between the paws of a wolf
sword
- Additional Information
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Catholic Encyclopedia, by G E Phillips
Christian Biographies, by James E Keifer
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
Lives of Saint Edmund and Saint Fremund
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
Martyrdom of Saint Edmund, King of East Anglia, by Abbo of Fleury
New Catholic Dictionary
Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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