[MR] BBC: St. Edmund to Replace St. George as England's Patron?

[Richard Mowbray]

Monks, nuns and priests were frequently tagged as consorting and cavorting with each other and lay people. It's like all millers are theives... sometimes it's true and sometimes it's rumor and speculation. They were human, afterall.
 
I sincerely hope St. George retains his place of honor in England. Over 1000 years of tradition...
 
 
Syr Richard

From: "Groff, Garth (ggg9y)" <ggg9y at virginia.edu>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 7:15 AM
Subject: [MR] BBC: St. Edmund to Replace St. George as England's Patron?


Noble Friends,

Today the BBC reported on another bid to have St. Edmund replace St. George as the patron saint of England. Edmund's partisans claim is based in part on his being a native British saint (well, an Anglo-Saxon invader, but those folks had been in residence for a while): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-22649102.

If the St. Edmund supporters win their case, they are going to have to find his bones: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-21351719. He's reputed to be buried beneath some tennis courts.

Parts of the Abbey at Bury St. Edmunds still exist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bury_St_Edmunds_Abbey. The monks there were a pretty naughty bunch, and were often a war with the local townspeople, as the Wikipedia story shows. What it doesn't say is how many they were disciplined for consorting with . . . uh . . . "professional women". Some of the disciplinary records still survive, and selected cases have been published. Tsk, tsk.

Yours Aye,

Lord Mungo Napier, The Archer of Mallard Lodge
Read "The Tale of Mungo Napier":
http://people.virginia.edu/~ggg9y/napier1.html




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