The Cult of St Mary at Beodericisworth and then in Bury St Edmunds Abbey to c. 1150 
Antonia Gransden
This paper argues that the earliest church at Beodericisworth, later Bury St Edmunds, was dedicated to Virgin Mary. Probably in reign of Athelstan, (supposed) body Edmund, king and martyr, translated into this church. The cult Edmund burgeoned before end eleventh century Edmund's shrine had become one England's foremost pilgrim centres attracted wealth which helped pay for great Romanesque built house it. Nevertheless, a wide variety sources, both written visual, demonstrate Mary retained much vitality, becoming pre-eminent secondary especially fostered by Abbot Anselm (1121–48). Finally, similar examples are cited other churches where dedications saints like Mary, who enjoyed widespread veneration, were replaced those more local fame but whose bodies possessed.
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History