St Edmund Pilgrim Badge, Boxed With Brief Historical Descripition Funerals & Burials_ John Donne and George Herbert

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St Edmund Pilgrim Badge, Boxed With Brief Historical Descripition Funerals & Burials_ John Donne and George HerbertSaint Edmund. The Saxon king Edmund was put to death by the Vikings following his defeat at the battle of Thetford in 869. Traditionally, he is supposed to have surrendered himself in the hope of saving his people, but was killed by being tied to a tree, shot with arrows and then beheaded. Legend says that a wolf found his discarded head, and carrying it followed the funeral procession to Hoxne, where it was re joined to the body. Following a series