Eanswith
Kentish saint
Feast: 12 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Eanswith (Old English: Ēanswīþ; born c. 630, Kent, England. Died c. 650, Folkestone, England), also spelled Eanswythe or Eanswide, was an Anglo-Saxon princess, who is said to have founded Folkestone Priory, one of the first Christian monastic communities for women in Britain. Her possible remains were the subject of research, published in 2020.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
- Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales, 31 August / santiebeati.it — Stanton: 'At Folkestone, in Kent, the deposition of St. Eanswida, Virgin and Abbess.' santiebeati: 'Santa Eanswythe di Folkestone, Badessa, 614(?) - 31 agosto 640, festa 31 agosto'. The Benedictine menology also carries
- Wikidata Q5325617 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Eanswith (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.