Venerable Martyr
Ymar of Reculver
A monk of Reculver in England, put to death around 830.
- Feast
- November 12old style November 25
- Reposed
- 8309th century
- Place
- Reculver
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Saint Ymar of Reculver was a monk at the monastery of Reculver in Kent, England, who was martyred by the Danes around 830.
In those years Viking raiders were attacking the monasteries of the English coast. The sources give no further details. He is a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 12 November (New Calendar).
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