venerated_in article_title feast_day major_shrine
roman catholic church , anglican communion , Æthelberht ii of east anglia
 20 may , previously at hereford cathedral
Æthelberht ii of east anglia

Æthelberht -lrb- old english : '' Æðelbrihte '' -rrb- , also called saint ethelbert the king , -lrb- died 20 may 794 at sutton walls , herefordshire -rrb- was an eighth-century saint and a king of east anglia , the anglo-saxon kingdom which today includes the english counties of norfolk and suffolk .
little is known of his reign , which may have begun in 779 , according to later sources , and very few of the coins issued during his reign have been discovered .
it is known from the `` anglo-saxon chronicle '' that he was killed on the orders of offa of mercia in 794 .
he was subsequently canonised and became the focus of cults in east anglia and at hereford , where the shrine of the saintly king once existed .
in the absence of historical facts , mediaeval chroniclers provided their own details for Æthelberht 's ancestry , life as king and death at the hands of offa .
his feast day is may 20 .
several norfolk , suffolk and west country parish churches are dedicated to the saint .
