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

[Groff, Garth (ggg9y)]

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