St Edmund

chris plender-leith
nope been right through google history no proper english bon saits apart from thomas becket and he was from foriegn parents, so what do we do ? German,(edmund) turk(George) or english (Becket)?? delema A!!

K Moody
So I take it there is no historical St. Edmund's "Cross" as such as per the other saints...like John, George, Andrew etc...? Callen - your comment is very interesting. You claim St. Edmund to be 'surrounded by mythical tales' and therefore a no value at all. Just what is your thinking about St. George - who fought a ...what was it (???) ...a *DRAGON*... Excuse me but isn't that according to your reckoning, just a little 'mythical', 'fairytale' and ever-so slightly 'theme-park'..? As far as the importance of historical tradition and values are concerned - how also about the 'fact' that St. George is not St. George at all - but St. Georges...an import at the time of the Norman conquest of England. Therefore for the past - ooh almost 1000 years we have had (in effect) and flown the cross of an oppressor's patron Saint as the ENGLISH national flag and furthermore incorporated it as the centre-piece in the British Flag and in everything supposedly "British". Not only that, it adorns Churches, the olympics , England's National Football team etc... Well done Suffolk and shame on Tony Blair and any others that rejected this re-establishment of a better, truer English identity when everyone else makes being "English" (and the extreme associations with the BNP and the St. George's cross or silly red, double decker buses) otherwise so shameful and trivial.

Jonathan Crane
I think it's great that so many people in Suffolk are doing so much to try to restore Saint Edmund to his rightful place as England's true patron saint. I really want to know what I can do to help the cause. I don't live in Suffolk though, I am in Nottinghamshire. I agree with a lot of others, Saint George really does not do a lot for me, I would prefer a saint with more of a connection to our land. Saint Edmund lived here in England and was an English king, what a perfect candidate to be the English patron saint.There are others, of course, Saint Cuthbert, Saint Alban, Saint Pancras, Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Becket are all candidates for the English patron saint as well. I wonder what anyone thinks to those saints?Personally I would back Saint Edmund to be the new saint if called upon to do so.

CALLEN [The Voice]
Being an advocate of the importance of historical traditions and values I do draw the line at myth/fairytales along the lines of Robin Hood. Saint Edmund is surrounded by mythical tales which really arent supported by recorded facts. If we want to reduce history to fairytale heroes just to adhere to the modern need to re-find our 'lost' identity and build a theme park mindset why not ditch Edmund and celebrate the clever Wolf who appears much more interesting to small minds who crave myth!? CALLEN [the Voice]