Event: Illness/demonic seizure/madness, Tomb-making/opening
Leofstan 3
.madness
Asserted in:
Abbo.PassioEadmundi
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Scholarly Info
Description
Leofstan 3
demanded to be shown the body of
Edmund 6
. Unbolting the coffin he looked in and in the same moment was struck with madness.
Primary Source Info
Date from Source
When
Leofstan 3
was a young man
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Leofstan 3
(
A young man of great position
) : He learnt by his punishment that he had crossed into lawlessness
(Other)
:
Anonymi 1741
(
Retainers of
Leofstan 3
) : They tried to dissuade
Leofstan 3
from opening the coffin of
Edmund 6
.
(Other)
:
Edmund 6
(
Saint; king of the East Angles, 855-869
)
(Other)
:
Ælfgar 1
(
Noble and father of
Leofstan 3
) : He was horrified and expelled his son (
Leofstan 3
) from his house.
Locations associated with this Event:
Bedricesweord, St Edmunds Church, St Edmunds Tomb: (
Tomb
), now
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk