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Hildelith
Abbess of Barking in Essex, England
SaintDate unknown
Born
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Died
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Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Hildelith of Barking, also known as Hildilid or Hildelitha, was an 8th-century Christian saint, from Anglo-Saxon England but was of foreign origin.
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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.
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints, 24 March — "ST HILDELITHA, Abbess of Barking, Virgin (c. a.d. 717)" — a full entry; Benedictine Menology also keeps her.
- Wikidata Q16239923 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Hildelith (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.