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) is 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] [5]

Notes and References

  1. https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/9112/Saint-Ymar.html "Saint Ymar (+ v. 830)", Nominis
  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.
  5. https://archive.org/stream/archaeologiacan22socigoog#page/n208/mode/2up/search/Ymar Kent Archaeological Society, "The Church of St. John the Baptist, Margate", p.72, 1902