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Humbertus
Bishop of Elmham
SaintPre-congregation
Born
800
Died
870
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Hunberht or Humberht was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Edmund the Martyr Saint“The twelfth-century Annals of St Neots says that he crowned Edmund the Martyr as king at Burna on Christmas Day 856, but no source is known for this statement.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales — "HUMBERT, Bishop of Elmham, or of East Anglia, was put to death by the Danes about the same time with St. Edmund" — kept in a Catholic menology with imprimatur.
- Wikidata Q16199690 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Hunberht (CC BY-SA)
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