St. Ethelbert

Feastday: May 20
Death: 794

Martyred king of East Anglia, England. When Ethelbert, the son and heir of Ethelred, went to Mercia to ask for the hand of a princess, he was murdered by her mother, Queen Cynethryth. He was especially venerated in Hereford.

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Ethelbert Ethelbert Death: 794
Death: 794