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Mortimer's Cross

Near Leominster, Herefordshire

Three suns appeared in the sky before the battle.

On the morning of the battle in 1461, the soldiers of Edward of York saw three suns rise in the sky, a rare effect called a parhelion. His men were frightened, but Edward told them it was a sign of the Holy Trinity, blessing their cause.

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When
2 February 1461
Where
52.2700, -2.8500
Group
Battlefields

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