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|SaintName=Saint Edmund the Martyr | |SaintName=Saint Edmund the Martyr | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=November 20 | ||
|LiturgicalClass=III class | |||
|SaintBirthPlace=East Anglia, Kingdom of England (now England) | |SaintBirthPlace=East Anglia, Kingdom of England (now England) | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=52.1307, 1.0000 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=52.1307, 1.0000 | ||
|DeathPlace=Hoxne, Suffolk, Kingdom of East Anglia (now England) | |DeathPlace=Hoxne, Suffolk, Kingdom of East Anglia (now England) | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=52.3430, 1.1800 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=52.3430, 1.1800 | ||
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|NotableLabel4=Traditional martyrdom location | |NotableLabel4=Traditional martyrdom location | ||
|NotableCoordinates4=52.4150, 0.7450 | |NotableCoordinates4=52.4150, 0.7450 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=England | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|Canonizer=Early Church | |Canonizer=Early Church | ||
|Profession=King | |Profession=King | ||
|Patronage=Kings of England; East Anglia; against plagues; wolves | |Patronage=Kings of England; East Anglia; against plagues; wolves | ||
|Attributes=Crown; arrows; sword; wolf | |Attributes=Crown; arrows; sword; wolf | ||
|PrimaryShrine=St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds, England | |PrimaryShrine=St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds, England | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Church of England; Eastern Orthodox Church | |AdditionalVeneration=Church of England; Eastern Orthodox Church | ||
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'''Saint Edmund the Martyr''' (Old English: ''Ēadmund'', c. 841 – 20 November 869), also known as '''Saint Edmund of East Anglia''', was the king of East Anglia who was martyred by Viking invaders for refusing to renounce his Christian faith.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Edmund the Martyr |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05295a.htm |website=New Advent |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> According to early accounts, such as the 9th-century ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' and Abbo of Fleury's 10th-century ''Passio Sancti Eadmundi'', Edmund succeeded to the throne in 855 at age 14, ruling a small kingdom amid Danish incursions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Edmund the Martyr |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3049 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> Captured in 869 by Ivar the Boneless and Ubba, he was bound to a tree, beaten, shot with arrows, and beheaded near Thetford or Hoxne, his head reportedly calling out to searchers until reunited with his body. | '''Saint Edmund the Martyr''' (Old English: ''Ēadmund'', c. 841 – 20 November 869), also known as '''Saint Edmund of East Anglia''', was the king of East Anglia who was martyred by Viking invaders for refusing to renounce his Christian faith.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Edmund the Martyr |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05295a.htm |website=New Advent |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> According to early accounts, such as the 9th-century ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' and Abbo of Fleury's 10th-century ''Passio Sancti Eadmundi'', Edmund succeeded to the throne in 855 at age 14, ruling a small kingdom amid Danish incursions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Edmund the Martyr |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3049 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> Captured in 869 by Ivar the Boneless and Ubba, he was bound to a tree, beaten, shot with arrows, and beheaded near Thetford or Hoxne, his head reportedly calling out to searchers until reunited with his body. | ||