There are a number of saints and blesseds named Edmund. If you are referring to Saint Osmund (also known as Edmund) who became Bishop of Salisbury, England in 1078, his feast day is December 4.
December 1
Edmund is a saint, but not a patron saint.
Edmund Arrowsmith is not a patron saint.
The feast day of a saint can be any random date or it may fall on the commemoration day of some event of the saint's life, such as their date of death, the day of their canonization or other such event.
Saint George's Day is the feast day of Saint George. Saint George's Day is celebrated on April 23, the traditionally accepted date of Saint George's death in AD 303.
Because that is the day when Saint Edmund (also called St. Edmund Rich or St. Edmund of Abingdon) is said to have died. The confusion is that there are two saints named Edmund. The one you are asking about was also Archbishop of Canterbury. He was born on November 20, 1180, which was the feast of the other Edmund, St. Edmund King and Martyr. But they are not the same person, and their feast days are on different days-- St. Edmund the Martyr's in observed on the 20th of November, while St. Edmund of Abingdon has his feast day on November 16.
Society of Saint Edmund was created in 1843.
Sometimes a feast day of a saint is on or near their death day. Since we do not know the date of death of Saint Jude, there may be no significance to the date.
23rd of February 1884
A Saint's feast day falls on whatever day was chosen by the church. It could be a date that has significance to the Saint or a random day.
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There is no saint named Jennifer. However, there is a Saint Genevieve whose feast day is on January 3.