Saint Edmund of Canterbury

Saint Edmund of Canterbury

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  • Description / Title of the Saint : Treasurer

Saint Edmund of Canterbury

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  • Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Edmund of Canterbury: November 20th previously November 16
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Treasurer
  • Date of Death: Saint Edmund of Canterbury died 1242
 
 

The Story and History of Saint Edmund of Canterbury
The story and history of Saint Edmund of Canterbury. Saint Edmund left his home at Abingdon, a boy of twelve years old, to study at Oxford, and there protected himself against many grievous temptations by a vow of chastity, and by espousing himself to Mary for life. He was soon called to active public life, and as treasurer of the diocese of Salisbury showed such charity to the poor that the dean said he was rather the treasure than the treasurer of their church. In 1234 he was raised to the see of Canterbury, where he fearlessly defended the rights of Church and State against the avarice and greed of Henry III.; but finding himself unable to force that monarch to relinquish the livings which he kept vacant for the benefit of the royal coffers, Edmund retired into exile sooner than appear to connive at so foul a wrong. After two years spent in solitude and prayer, he went to his reward, and the miracles wrought at his tomb at Pontigny were so numerous that he was canonized in 1246, within four years of his death.

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Feast Day of Saint Edmund of Canterbury
The Feast Day of Saint Edmund of Canterbury is November 16. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven.

 

Saint Edmund of Canterbury

  • Short, concise biography of Saint Edmund of Canterbury
  • History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
  • Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Edmund of Canterbury
  • Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Edmund of Canterbury - November 16
  • History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
  • Date of Death: 1242
  • Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Edmund of Canterbury
  • Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Treasurer
 
 

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Saint Edmund of Canterbury