Ymar

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Saint Ymar of Reculver
Martyr
Bornunknown
Diedc. 830
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Anglican Communion
Feast 12 November

Ymar of Reculver (died c.830) is an Anglo-Saxon saint.

Background

A Benedictine monk of Reculver, Ymar was killed by Danish warriors. [1] His name may be the source of the toponym Margate. [2] A legend states that he had a dying wish to be buried in St Johns parish church in Margate. Sometime before 1407 the body of St Ymar was brought from Reculver, where he had been a monk, and buried in St John the Baptist's church, Margate  [ Wikidata ]. [3] Tradition insists that an old stone coffin lid at that church is his. [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Saint Ymar (+ v. 830)", Nominis
  2. ↑ The Mayor and Charter Trustees of Margate
  3. ↑ "Here's History Kent".
  4. ↑ Cotton, Charles (1929). The Saxon Cathedral at Canterbury and The Saxon Saints Buried Therein. Manchester University Press. p. 74.
  5. ↑ Kent Archaeological Society, "The Church of St. John the Baptist, Margate", p.72, 1902


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