20 November 869 AD was the day King Edmund of East Anglia was killed by Danish invaders. He became the patron saint of England.
St Edmund was replaced, as patron saint of England, by St George in the fourteenth century, mainly because Edward III wanted to be more involved with Europe (two centuries earlier, Richard I had been one of many Europeans uniting around St George as they defended Europe).
Ironically, English nationalists are fond of the flag of St George.
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