Jurmin
Jurmin also known as Hiurmine of Blythburgh,[1] was an Anglo-Saxon prince who was the son and heir of Anna of East Anglia, a 7th-century king of East Anglia, a kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Jurmin was venerated as a saint: his feast day is 24 February.[2] His body was originally buried at Blythburgh Priory but later moved to Bury St Edmunds.
Holy Trinity church in Blythburgh, the modern successor to the ruined Blythburgh Priory nearby.
References[]
- ^ Rosalind C. Love, Goscelin of Saint-Bertin: The Hagiography of the Female Saints of Ely (Oxford University Press, 2004) page91.
- ^ Stanton, A menology of England and Wales: or, Brief memorials of the ancient British and English saints arranged according to the calendar, together with the martyrs of the 16th and 17th centuries, p. 767.
Sources[]
- Stanton, Richard (1892). A menology of England and Wales: or, Brief memorials of the ancient British and English saints arranged according to the calendar, together with the martyrs of the 16th and 17th centuries. Burns & Oates.
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Categories:
- 7th-century English people
- East Anglian saints
- East Anglians
- Burials at Blythburgh Priory