This one was just too crazy to pass up!
November 20, 868 - King Edmund (who became St. Edmund), a Saxon king of East Anglia, was killed by the Vikings, who tied him to a tree, shot at him with arrows, then beheaded him. He was considered a martyr. His bodied is enshrined at Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk.
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Yowza - that's pretty hardcore!
ReplyDeleteI guess the only thing left to do was bury him!
ReplyDeleteYikes! Thanks for sharing...
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