ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER
Saints celebrated on the 17th of October
SAINTS ETHELBERT AND ETHELBRIGHT, PRINCES AND MARTYRS
These two saints were brothers, sons of King Ermenred of Kent and his wife Oslava, grandsons of Edbald and Emma, daughter of Clothar II, King of the Franks, and great-grandson of Saint Ethelbert, the first Christian king of Kent.
After their parents' untimely death, the two brothers were entrusted to King Egbert for their upbringing and education, but at the instigation of the godless courtier Thunnur (Thunor), with the consent of the king, the 15-year-old youths were killed. This happened between A.D. 668 and 670.
To atone for the evil deed, Egbert (according to Migne) gave the sister of the assassinated princes, who was called Ermenburga, 48 miles of land on the Isle of Thanet, which she used to found and endow the monastery of Minstrey. The bodies of the two brothers were brought to the island of Nomsey in 741, where they are venerated as martyrs.
Saint Ethelbert is called Ethelbrithus in the Elenchus of the Bollandists*, otherwise also Ethelbright. (VIII. 90)
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 94 - 🎨 The Two Princes in the Tower. The princes depicted are not our saints.)
*A hagiography source used by the authors
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Ethelbert and Ethelbright may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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