The Legend of St Kenelm
The Legend of St Kenelm
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There is therefore no reason to doubt the statement in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle that King Kenwulf was im- mediately succeeded by his brother Ceolwulf, though the event is antedated by two years.
We turn to the legends. In these Kenelm is not merely regarded as foully murdered, but is exalted into a martyr and a saint. As already stated, the earliest authority for them is Florence of Worcester, writing after the Norman Conquest towards the end of the eleventh century. Florence was a monk of Wor...cester, who seems to have used as the basis of his Chronicon a Worcester version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, not now extant. It was, however, supplemented from other sources, local tradition being probably among them. So far is he from sharing Archbishop Wulfred's estimate of Kenwulf, that he accounts him a saint. Under the year 819 he relates that Saint Kenulphus, king of the Mercians, after performing many good works in his lifetime, passed to everlasting bliss in heaven, leaving his son Kenelm, a boy of seven years, heir to the kingdom.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
There is therefore no reason to doubt the statement in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle that King Kenwulf was im- mediately succeeded by his brother Ceolwulf, though the event is antedated by two years.
We turn to the legends. In these Kenelm is not merely regarded as foully murdered, but is exalted into a martyr and a saint. As already stated, the earliest authority for them is Florence of Worcester, writing after the Norman Conquest towards the end of the eleventh century. Florence was a monk of Wor...cester, who seems to have used as the basis of his Chronicon a Worcester version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, not now extant. It was, however, supplemented from other sources, local tradition being probably among them. So far is he from sharing Archbishop Wulfred's estimate of Kenwulf, that he accounts him a saint. Under the year 819 he relates that Saint Kenulphus, king of the Mercians, after performing many good works in his lifetime, passed to everlasting bliss in heaven, leaving his son Kenelm, a boy of seven years, heir to the kingdom.
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