13/10 St EDWARD THE CONFESSOR

On 13th OCTOBER the Church celebrates the memorial of ST EDWARD THE CONFESSOR.

St Edward is a rare saint as he was also an English king - the last proper Anglo-Saxon king. The Anglo-Saxons had great names! They sound like something out of The Lord of the Rings, These names often reflected their character such as Edgar the Peaceful and his son Edward the Martyr. St Edward’s father was known as Aethelred the Unready!

St Edward the Confessor was known for his life of prayer and generosity to the poor and to the church. He was born in 1003 and his death in 1066 triggered the invasion of William the Conqueror of Normandy (France). William's invasion brought an end to the Anglo-Saxon reign of England and the start of Norman England.

If you were to be given an Anglo-Saxon name, what would it be?

Would you be:

‘...the Brave’ ‘...the Kind’ '...the Honest’?

Or would it be less flattering like ‘Aethelred the Unready’?

'...the Lazy' '...the mean' '...the selfish'?

Could you live today, in the way you’d like to be remembered?

St Edward the Confessor: Pray for us.