ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 13th of December WELCOME! SAINT KENELM, KING AND MARTYR Kenulph, a prince of the blood royal of Mercia, was in the fourth degree of descent from Wibba, father of King Penda, and Egfert the son of Offa, having reigned only half-a-year, was called to the throne of Mercia, which he filled twenty-two years. HE LEFT HIS SON UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF HIS SISTER Dying in 819, he left his son Kenelm, a child only seven years old, heir to his crown, under the tutelage of his sister Quindride. This ambitious woman committed his person to the care of one Ascobert, whom she had hired to make away with him. The wicked minister decoyed the innocent child into an unfrequented wood, cut off his head, and buried him under a thorn-tree. His corpse is said to have been discovered by a heavenly ray of light which shone over the place, and by the following inscription: In Clent cow-pasture, under a thorn, Of head bereft, ...