- Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:28 pm
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Youngian wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:23 pm The remains of England’s previous patron saint (St Edmund) were removed to France where they remained until 1911.
According to the 10th century account of the saint’s life by Abbo of Fleury, who quotes Saint Dunstan as his source, Edmund was then bound to a tree, shot through by arrows and beheaded. The date was 20th November. His decapitated head is said to have been reunited with its body with the help of a talking wolf who protected the head and then called out “Hic, Hic, Hic” (“Here, Here, Here”) to alert Edmund’s followers.Sounds badass.
What would I know - I'm just a pathetic snowflake and feudal lord living in a foetid shithole...