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Edmund the Martyr (also known as St Edmund or Edmund of East Anglia, died 20 November 869) was king of East Anglia from about 855 until his death. Few historical facts about Edmund are known, as the kingdom of East Anglia was devastated by the Vikings, who destroyed any contemporary evidence of his reign.
Martyred king of the East Angles. He was elected king in 855 at the age of fourteen and began ruling Suffolk, England, the following year. In 869 or 870, the Danes invaded Edmund's realm, and he was captured at Hone, in Suffolk. After extreme torture, Edmund was beheaded and died calling upon Jesus.
The unparalleled piety, humility, meekness, and other virtues of St. Edmund are admirably set forth by our historians. This incomparable prince and holy martyr was considered by succeeding English kings as their special patron, and as an accomplished model of all royal virtues.
Nov 20, 2023 · Saint Edmund holds a unique place in history as the only English sovereign to die for both his religious beliefs and the defense of his throne until the time of King Charles I. His martyrdom quickly earned him reverence, and his cultus (devotion) spread widely throughout the Middle Ages.
Aug 16, 2019 · Born in either 841 or 842, St Edmund was an English King whose dominion spanned large parts of East Anglia. After he was brutally executed by the invading Vikings (the Great Heathen Army), King Edmund attained sainthood and relatively large cult following for over four centuries. Today, Edmund is largely venerated as the first Saint of England.
Dec 4, 2015 · On the day of Nativity of Christ, December 25, 855 (or 856), the 15-year-old Edmund was crowned and anointed King of East Anglia. This may have taken place on the site of the present-day St. Stephen’s Chapel in Bures on the Suffolk-Essex border, which still stands in the Suffolk village of Bures St. Mary to this day.
Though only about fifteen years old when crowned in 855, Edmund showed himself a model ruler from the first, anxious to treat all with equal justice, and closing his ears to flatterers and untrustworthy informers.
