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Ymar

Anglo-Saxon saint

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

A Benedictine monk of Reculver, Ymar was killed by Danish warriors. His name may be the source of the toponym Margate. 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 St John the Baptist's church, Margate. Tradition insists that an old stone coffin lid at that church is his.

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