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Cuthburh
First abbess of Wimborne Minster
SaintKingdom of WessexPre-congregation
Feast: 31 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
700
Died
720
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Cuthburh or Cuthburg, Cuthburga (Old English: Cūþburh; died 31 August 725) was the first Abbess of Wimborne Minster. She was the sister of Ine, King of Wessex and was married to the Northumbrian king Aldfrith.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Nominis (French bishops' conference) - Saintes Cuthburge et Quenburge — 'Premiere abbesse de Wimborne', d. c.725, feast 31 August - matches. Also in Butler's Lives ('ST CUTHBURGA, Abbess of Wimborne, Widow, c. A.D. 725').
- Wikidata Q5196821 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Cuthburh (CC BY-SA)
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