The Saint Who Killed an Emperor
Jonathan Pageau
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In this video, I look at the tradition of St. Mercurius: a warrior saint associated with St. Michael, the death of Emperor Julian the Apostate, and dog-headed men.
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Although he is relatively obscure in the modern west, his story is actually very prolific. In the history the norse kings by snorre sturlason (written around 1200 in iceland) there is a reference "King swein haraldson died suddenly in his bed...it is said by englishmen that St Edmund slew him in the same way as the holy mercurius slew julian the apostate"
The Saint Who Killed an Emperor
Jonathan Pageau
25,817 views
In this video, I look at the tradition of St. Mercurius: a warrior saint associated with St. Michael, the death of Emperor Julian the Apostate, and dog-headed men.
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