Ymar Explained

Ymar is also the name of one of the Cthulhu Mythos celestial bodies.

Saint Ymar of Reculver
Birth Date:	unknown
Death Date:	c. 830
Feast Day:	12 November
Venerated In:	Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion
Titles:	Martyr

Ymar of Reculver (died c.830) was an Anglo-Saxon saint.

Background

A Benedictine monk of Reculver, Ymar was killed by Danish warriors.^[1] His name may be the source of the toponym Margate.^[2] A legend states that he had a dying wish to be buried in St Johns Parish Church in Margate. Sometime before 1407 the body of St Ymar was brought from Reculver, where he had been a monk, and buried in .^[3] Tradition insists that an old stone coffin lid at that church is his.^[4]

External links

• Kent Archaeological Society, "The Church of St. John the Baptist, Margate", p.72, 1902

Notes and References

1. Web site: St. Patrick Catholic Church: Saint of the Day, November 12. 1998. 2012-02-26.
2. http://margate.org.uk/index.php?page=the-name-margate The Mayor and Charter Trustees of Margate
3. Web site: Here's History Kent.
4. Book: Cotton, Charles . 1929 . The Saxon Cathedral at Canterbury and The Saxon Saints Buried Therein . Manchester University Press . 74.