Saint Edmund Rich
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- Also known as
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Edmund of Abingdon
Edme of Abingdon
- Memorial
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16 November
30 May in Abingdon, England
- Profile
- Born to a wealthy and pious family, the son of Reinald and Mabel Rich; his father retired to become a monk, his two sisters became nuns.
Studied at Oxford and Paris.
At Oxford he received a vision of the Child Christ.
Priest.
Professor of art, mathematics, philosophy and theology at Oxford.
Known for his scholarship, piety, and skill as a preacher and writer.
Canon of Salisbury in 1222.
Preached the Sixth Crusade in England in 1227.
Consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury on 2 April 1234.
Advisor to King Henry III.
Presided over Henry's ratification of the Magna Carta in 1237.
Assisted in his public dealings by Saint Richard of Chichester.
Prevent civil war in Wales.
His support for monastic discipline put him in conflict with his own order, King Henry III, and the papal legate.
He died while on a trip to Rome to gain the support of the Pope.
- Born
- November c.1180 at Abingdon, Berkshire, England
- Died
- c.1241 at the Cistercian monastery, Pontigny, Burgundy, France of natural causes
- Canonized
- c.1246
- Patronage
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Abingdon, England
Portsmouth, England, diocese of
- Representation
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archbishop making a vow before a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary
embracing the Child Jesus
placing a ring on the finger of a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary
receiving a lamb from the Blessed Virgin Mary
with Saint Richard of Chichester
with Saint Thomas of Canterbury
- Works
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Speculum Ecclesiae (Mirror of the Church)
Provincial Constitutions
- Additional Information
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Britannia Biographies
Catholic Encyclopedia
Columbia Encyclopedia
Early British Kingdoms
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
New Catholic Dictionary
Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon deutsch
Saint Edmund Parish, Oak Park, Illinois
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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- Readings
- I have sought nothing else but you, O God.
- Saint Edmund on his death bed