Eanflæd
Kentish princess
Feast: 24 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Eanflæd (19 April 626 – after 685, also known as Enfleda) was a Deiran princess, queen of Northumbria and later, the abbess of Whitby Abbey, an influential Christian monastery in Whitby, England. She was the daughter of King Edwin of Northumbria and Æthelburg, who in turn was the daughter of King Æthelberht of Kent. In or shortly after 642 Eanflæd became the second wife of King Oswiu of Northumbria. After Oswiu's death in 670, she retired to Whitby Abbey, which had been founded by Hilda of Whitby. The monastery had strong associations with members of the Northumbrian royal family and played an important role in the establishment of Roman Christianity in England.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Edwin of Northumbria Saint Father, Parent“She was the daughter of King Edwin of Northumbria and Æthelburg, who in turn was the daughter of King Æthelberht of Kent.” — Wikipedia
- Ælfflæd of Whitby Saint Child
- Æthelburh of Kent Saint Parent, Mother
- Nominis (French bishops' conference) - Sainte Eanflede (+ 700) — Daughter of St Edwin and St Ethelburga of Kent, widow, nun then abbess at Whitby under her daughter St Aelfflaed; feast 24 November - matches.
- Wikidata Q291529 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Eanflæd (CC BY-SA)
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