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Detail of A Stained Glass Window of Saint Edmund Rich Date Unknown Artist Unknown East Wall East Transept Saint MaryS Church Clonmel County Tipperary Ireland Photographed On 6 September 2012 By Andreas F Borchert
Detail of A Stained Glass Window of Saint Edmund Rich Date Unknown Artist Unknown East Wall East Transept Saint MaryS Church Clonmel County Tipperary Ireland Photographed On 6 September 2012 By Andreas F Borchert

Saint Edmund Rich

Also known as: Edmund of Abingdon; Edmund of Canterbury; Edme of….; Eadmund of….

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

November 16

Born

November 20, 1175

Died

November 16, 1240

Canonized

1247 by Pope Innocent IV

Biography

Saint Edmund Rich, also known as Edmund of Abingdon, Edmund of Canterbury, Edme of…., or Eadmund of…., was born on November 20, 1175, in Abingdon, Berkshire, England. He came from a wealthy and devout family, the son of Reinald and Mabel Rich. His father, Reinald, eventually retired to become a monk, and his two sisters entered religious life as nuns....