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At a date generally assumed by historians to have been during the reign of [[Æthelstan]], who became king of the Anglo-Saxons in 924, Edmund’s body was [[Translation (relic)|translated]] from Haegelisdun to [[Beodricesworth monastery]].{{sfn|Young|2018|p=75}}{{sfn|Ridyard|1988|p=213}} |
At a date generally assumed by historians to have been during the reign of [[Æthelstan]], who became king of the Anglo-Saxons in 924, Edmund’s body was [[Translation (relic)|translated]] from Haegelisdun to [[Beodricesworth monastery]].{{sfn|Young|2018|p=75}}{{sfn|Ridyard|1988|p=213}} |
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identified variously as [[Bradfield St Clare]] in 983, [[Hellesdon]] in Norfolk (documented as Hægelisdun c. 985) or [[Hoxne]] in Suffolk,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edmund of East Anglia Part 5 – The Last Mystery: Where Did Edmund Die? |website=Hidden East Anglia |url=http://www.hiddenea.com/edmund5.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928025052/http://www.hiddenea.com/edmund5.htm |archive-date=28 September 2015 |access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref> and now with Maldon in Essex.<ref name=”Blackwell_154″ /><ref name=”auto”/><ref>{{cite journal|first=Keith |last=Briggs |title=Was ”Hægelisdun” in Essex? A new site for the martyrdom of Edmund |journal=Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History |volume= XLII |date=2011 |pages= 277–291}}</ref> |
identified variously as [[Bradfield St Clare]] in 983, [[Hellesdon]] in Norfolk (documented as Hægelisdun c. 985) or [[Hoxne]] in Suffolk,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edmund of East Anglia Part 5 – The Last Mystery: Where Did Edmund Die? |website=Hidden East Anglia |url=http://www.hiddenea.com/edmund5.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928025052/http://www.hiddenea.com/edmund5.htm |archive-date=28 September 2015 |access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref> and now with Maldon in Essex.<ref name=”Blackwell_154″ /><ref name=”auto”/><ref>{{cite journal|first=Keith |last=Briggs |title=Was ”Hægelisdun” in Essex? A new site for the martyrdom of Edmund |journal=Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History |volume= XLII |date=2011 |pages= 277–291}}</ref> |
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Haegelisdun was the site of Edmund the Martyr the King of East Anglia was killed by the Viking Great Heathen Army.
The location has never been conclusively identified. The placename was long and widely thought – but probably in error – to refer to Hoxne.
Since the early 10th century, the incorrupt relics of the martyred king, St Edmund had been venerated. Edmund was originally buried in a wooden chapel near to where he was killed in Haegelisdun.
At a date generally assumed by historians to have been during the reign of Æthelstan, who became king of the Anglo-Saxons in 924, Edmund’s body was translated from Haegelisdun to Beodricesworth monastery.
The place has been identified variously as Bradfield St Clare in 983, Hellesdon in Norfolk (documented as Hægelisdun c. 985) or Hoxne in Suffolk,[8] and now with Maldon in Essex.[9][10][11]
