Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia

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Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia, was a 9th-century Anglo-Saxon ruler venerated as a Christian saint after being killed by Viking invaders.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Saint Edmund 8
Edmund the Martyr 2
Saint Edmund the Martyr 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon king
Christian saint
King of East Anglia
martyr
associatedWith Bury St Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds Abbey
burialPlace Bury St Edmunds
England
Suffolk
centuryOfActivity 9th century
commemoratedBy churches dedicated to Saint Edmund
commemoratedIn Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (as a historical figure)
medieval English hagiographies
conflict Viking invasions of England
countryRuled Kingdom of East Anglia
cultDeveloped 10th century
culture Anglo-Saxon
deathCause killed by Viking invaders
deathDate 869
circa 869
deathPlace East Anglia
England
denomination Western Christianity
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
linked to: Saxons
feastDay 20 November
hasCultCentre Bury St Edmunds
hasLegend being tied to a tree and shot with arrows
decapitation by Vikings
refusal to renounce Christianity before Vikings
honorificTitle Saint Edmund
languageOfEnvironment Old English
mannerOfDeath martyrdom
notableFor being killed by Vikings for his Christian faith
being venerated as a royal martyr
partOf Heptarchy of Anglo-Saxon England
linked to: Heptarchy
patronage England (medieval)
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England

kings
positionHeld King of East Anglia
regionOfRule East Anglia
religion Christianity
successorAsRoyalPatronSaintOfEngland Saint George
title King and Martyr
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheran Church
linked to: Lutheranism

Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edmund historicallyBorneBy Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia
Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich patronSaint Saint Edmund the Martyr
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Emneth parishChurchDedication Saint Edmund
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Kingdom of the East Angles ruler Edmund the Martyr
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Edmund the Martyr honorificTitle Saint Edmund
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St Edmund’s Church, Castleton dedicatedTo Saint Edmund
subject linked to: St Edmund’s Church
linked to: Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia
Bury St Edmunds namedAfter Edmund the Martyr
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St Edmund's Church, Emneth dedicatedTo Saint Edmund
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Church of England parish of Emneth hasParishChurchDedication Saint Edmund
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St Edmund's Church, Hunstanton dedicatedTo Saint Edmund
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parish church of St Edmund namedAfter Saint Edmund
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Bury St Edmunds Abbey ruins dedicatedTo Saint Edmund the Martyr
linked to: Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia
St Edmund’s Church (ruins and churchyard) dedicatedTo Saint Edmund
linked to: Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia