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A miracle is reported, a wooden Danish oar dipped in Alfeges blood had sprouted, as a result, his body is taken to St Pauls Cathedral in the city of London
England · Warfare / Viking Invasions. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
A miracle is reported, a wooden Danish oar dipped in Alfeges blood had sprouted, as a result, his body is taken to St Pauls Cathedral in the city of London
At a feast on Easter Day Alfege is bludgeoned with ox bones and the hafts of their axes until one of the Danes,out of compassion, kill him by a single blow to the head with his axe.
Held for six months, a ransom of œ3,000 is demanded, nowing that his people are unable to afford this huge sum, Alfege refuses to let them pay, and the captors carry out their threat to kill him.
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