Offa of Mercia ordered the beheading of the East Anglian king Æthelberht at Sutton Walls near Hereford in 794. Æthelberht had visited Offa probably to seek a marriage alliance with his daughter. The killing appalled contemporaries including Alcuin. Æthelberht was venerated as a saint and martyr at Hereford Cathedral where his shrine became a major pilgrimage destination.
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