April 10 Martyrs of Danish Invasions

If I had to make a guess at when the ice broke up in the harbors of Denmark, I would put money on the last week of March. That would give them time to make it to the coast of England by April 10. April 10 in 869 was a busy day for the Danish Invaders. In today’s list of saints – monks from the Chertsey Abbey, England (killed by Danish invaders in 869); monks from Peterborough Abbey, England (killed by Danish invaders in 869); monks from Thorney Abbey, England (killed by Danish invaders in 869). It must have been a very bitter winter in Denmark in 869.