St Edmund, King of East Anglia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/St_Edmund,_King_of_East_Anglia

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:King gptkb:martyrdom gptkb:saint
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Danish_invasion_of_England gptkb:saint gptkb:Viking_invasions_of_England East Anglian royal family
gptkbp:birthDate	circa 841
gptkbp:burialPlace	gptkb:Bury_St_Edmunds
gptkbp:canonizedBy	pre-congregation
gptkbp:causeOfDeath	killed by Vikings
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Bury_St_Edmunds_Abbey
gptkbp:containsRelicsOf	gptkb:Bury_St_Edmunds France (Toulouse)
gptkbp:cultCenter	gptkb:Bury_St_Edmunds
gptkbp:deathDate	20 November 869
gptkbp:feastDay	20 November
gptkbp:hasLegend	beheaded by Vikings refused to renounce Christ to the Vikings tied to a tree and shot with arrows
gptkbp:historicalSource	gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle gptkb:Abbo_of_Fleury
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	St Edmund, King of East Anglia
gptkbp:iconography	crowned king holding an arrow wolf at his feet
gptkbp:kingdom	gptkb:East_Anglia
gptkbp:majorShrine	gptkb:Bury_St_Edmunds_Abbey
gptkbp:notableFor	one of the earliest English royal saints patron saint of Bury St Edmunds patron saint of England (before St George) patron saint of pandemics patron saint of wolves
gptkbp:patronage	gptkb:England gptkb:Bury_St_Edmunds pandemics wolves
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Æthelweard_of_East_Anglia
gptkbp:reign	circa 855–869
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Oswald_of_East_Anglia
gptkbp:title	gptkb:martyrdom gptkb:saint gptkb:King_of_the_East_Angles
gptkbp:veneratedIn	gptkb:Anglican_Communion gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Old_Hunstanton
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8