Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.
EDOARDO [II] the Martyr, king of ENGLAND. - Born between 961-63, d. 18 March 978. Eldest son of King Edgar and his first wife Æthelfled, baptised in his youth by Dunstan, bishop of Canterbury, he inherited the kingdom in 975. A strong
EDOARDO D'ALENÇON - RETREATED.
A faction of barons opposed his coronation, but Dunstan prevailed.His reign was troubled by internal strife between supporters and opponents of religious reform. He continued the war against the Danish invaders with some success. Beloved by his subjects, he fell victim to the envy of his stepmother Ælfthryth, who had him assassinated at Corfe in Dorset in 978, to secure the kingdom for her own son Æthelred. From 1001 he has been venerated as a holy martyr, as attested by very ancient martyrologies.
BIBL.:Acta SS. Martii, II, Paris 1865, pp. 637-46; B. Neuendorff, Das Gedicht auf den Tod Endewards des Mörgers etc., in Archiv f. d. Studium der neueren Sprachen und Lit., 28 (1912), pp. 44-54; A. Fliche, L'Europe occidentale de 888 à 1125, Paris 1941, p. 281. Ulderico Vicentini
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“EDOARDO [II] IL MARTIRE, RE D'INGHILTERRA.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), p. 75. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/edoardo-ii-il-martire-re-d-inghilterra.
