St Edmund was an Anglo-Saxon King and ruled East Anglia between 855AD and 869AD. He was killed by Norwegian pagan Viking raiders. They shot arrows into him until he bristled like a hedgehog, then they cut off his head and threw it deep into the briars in the forest. Edmund’s body was found by his followers, they heard a voice shouting “Hic,Hic, Hic» (Here,here,here) they followed the sound and found the head guarded by a wolf. When the head was put back with the body it miraculously become reattached. This was felt to be a sign of sainthood and many miracles were then attributed to Edmund and his shrine in Bury St Edmunds became a place of pilgrimage.