Saint Kenelm

Memorial: 17 July
Profile: Mercian prince, the son of King Coenwulf. Venerated as a king and martyr in the Middle ages, though his biography became mixed with pious legends, one of which says he was killed on orders of his sister. Mentioned in the Canterbury Tales.
Died: 821 in battle
buried at Winchcombe abbey
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Representation: boy in royal robes holding a lily
boy king trampling his disloyal sister
Additional Information: 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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