What is Edward the Martyr?
{{Infobox Royalty | name = Edward the Martyr | image = | image_size = 170px | caption = An artist's [[:en:wikt:depiction|depiction]] of Edward | succession = [[List of English monarchs|King of the English]] | moretext = ([[Style of the British sovereign#English sovereigns|more...]]) | reign = 8 July 975 — 18 March 978 | coronation = 26 July 975 | predecessor = [[Edgar of England|Edgar]] | successor = [[Ethelred the Unready|Athelred II]] | spouse = | issue = | house = [[House of Wessex|Wessex]] | father = [[Edgar of England]] | mother = [[Wulfthryth of Wilton]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|962|2|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Winchester]], [[Hampshire]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|978|3|18|962|2|16|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Corfe Castle]], [[Dorset]] | burial_place = [[Church of St Edward the Martyr, Brookwood]], [[Dosert]] | religion = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] }} {{Infobox Saint | honorific_prefix = [[Saint]] | name = Edward the Martyr | image = | caption = Icon of Saint Edward II | titles = [[Defender of the Faith]], [[Protector of the Weak]], [[Servant of God]], [[Passion bearer]], [[Martyr]], [[King]] | canonized_date = 3 July 978 | canonized_place = [[Rome]] | canonized_by = [[Pope Benedict VII]] | major_shrine = [[Church of St Edward the Martyr, Brookwood]], [[Dosert]] | feast_day = 18 March | venerated_in = {{plainlist| * [[Catholic Church]] * [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] * [[Anglican Communion]] * [[Church of England]] }} | attributes = | patronage = [[England]], [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom]] }} '''Edward the Martyr''' (16 February 962 — 18 March 978) known in the [[Catholic Church]], [[Church of England]], [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], and [[Anglican Communion]] as '''Saint Edward the Passion-Bearer''' and nicknamed '''the Saint''', '''the Religious''', '''