An article on the Mr Leicester page (Mercury, April 7) rightly informs us that England has more than St George as a saint.

As a good reference pointer that clarifies this, you can purchase a book called Sixty Saxon Saints for a good recession price of £3.50.

The purpose of this guidebook is to see some justice done to the English saints of the Anglo-Saxon period who took with them, from secular into the religious life, the native English ideas of loyalty to one's Lord and, if necessary, sacrificial service to his cause.

I say secular as the original English Anglo-Saxons were predominantly heathen/pagans. This information can be read in a book called Anglo-Saxon FAQs.

Christians sent missionaries to convert the English in and around the times of the beginning of the English race – the 6th century.

By the time of the unification/creation of England and our first King of England, King Athelstan in 927, who was incidentally born in the Midlands, many English had been converted to Christianity, with heathens being driven out or underground. We English are so much more than the blinkered and simplistic view of our being only about two World Wars and one World Cup.

Both books mentioned, and an array of books concerning the Anglo-Saxons, can be bought from:

www.asbooks.co.uk

Lee Ingram, Braunstone.