General Happy St Edmunds Day

[Sarge]

St Edmund was the original patron Saint of England

Happy St Edmunds day all YF posters

 

[Ghost of Hamilton]

Where did they bury St Edmond?

 

[Manorlounger]

Where did they bury St Edmond?

In the ground?

 

[m]

Where did they bury St Edmond?

I took a punt on the obvious in a pub quiz once and seem to recall getting the points.

 

[Sarge]

Where did they bury St Edmond?

surprisingly ( or not)thats where he ( St Edmund ) was buried - originally

then after Henry 8th dissolution of monastaries and Abbeys , St Edmunds remains were relocated France, where is remains stayed until 1911, when said remains were bought back to England to where they currently kept, in the chapel at Arundel Castle

 

[windmill]

surprisingly ( or not)thats where he ( St Edmund ) was buried - originally

then after Henry 8th dissolution of monastaries and Abbeys , St Edmunds remains were relocated France, where is remains stayed until 1911, when said remains were bought back to England to where they currently kept, in the chapel at Arundel Castle

And a great view it is, on the bus from Brighton to Worthing. Sitting high up on the hill.

 

[tonyw]

I would have thought Edmund would, in general, be a much better patron saint of England than George, would he? After all, he:

a) Definitely existed (there's coins of him)
b) Was English
c) Had actually been to England
d) Wouldn't be shared with at least half a dozen other countries

It's just weird that our national day currently venerates a Turkish-Roman soldier who lived and died in the Levant, and may just be a composite of various legends anyway.........

 

[werthersoriginal]

I would have thought Edmund would, in general, be a much better patron saint of England than George, would he? After all, he:

a) Definitely existed (there's coins of him)
b) Was English
c) Had actually been to England
d) Wouldn't be shared with at least half a dozen other countries

It's just weird that our national day currently venerates a Turkish-Roman soldier who lived and died in the Levant, and may just be a composite of various legends anyway.........

However he did kill a dragon? What did this Edmund do?

 

[Whingit]

Edmund was German?

 

[tonyw]

Edmund was German?

He was Anglo-Saxon.....but by the time he was born, his forefathers had been over from Germany for about 400 years!

Which would seem to make him decidedly less German than any of our current royal family!

 

[Sarge]

However he did kill a dragon? What did this Edmund do?

...so legend has it, the Dragon was slain ( by Georgious the Turk) in the shadow of White Horse Hill, Uffington, on top of a lower, flat topped hill known as ( unsurprisingly) Dragon Hill, the legend also claims the reason no grass grows on the flat part of that Hill was because the dying dragons blood spilt onto the hill, contaminating it forever.

St Edmunds banner was the white dragon of England on a (boooo) red backround

Legend's often have an orgin a long way from reality, pehaps the crusading knights templar who chose to usurp st Edmund an install 'St George' resulted in St Edmunds banner dragon being killed (off) by Georgious' becoming patron saint of England?

Who knows? -and for that matter who cares?

 

[windmill]

...so legend has it, the Dragon was slain ( by Georgious the Turk) in the shadow of White Horse Hill, Uffington, on top of a lower, flat topped hill known as ( unsurprisingly) Dragon Hill, the legend also claims the reason no grass grows on the flat part of that Hill was because the dying dragons blood spilt onto the hill, contaminating it forever.

St Edmunds banner was the white dragon of England on a (boooo) red backround

Legend's often have an orgin a long way from reality, pehaps the crusading knights templar who chose to usurp st Edmund an install 'St George' resulted in St Edmunds banner dragon being killed (off) by Georgious' becoming patron saint of England?

Who knows? -and for that matter who cares?

Of course it matters. Now we see the two princes did not die in the tower.