Mildthryth
Anglo-Saxon Abbess
Feast: 13 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Mildrith, also Mildthryth, Mildryth and Mildred, (Old English: Mildþrȳð) (born c. 660, died after 732), was a 7th- and 8th-century Anglo-Saxon abbess of the Abbey at Minster-in-Thanet, Kent. She was declared a saint after her death, and, in 1030, her remains were moved to Canterbury.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Domne Eafe Saint Mother, Parent
- Mildburh Saint Brother or sister
- Mildgyth Saint Brother or sister
- santiebeati.it — Santa Mildred — santiebeati index entry 98306: ‘Santa Mildred | Principessa e badessa | 660 - Minster-in-Thanet, 716 | festa 13 luglio’. Butler's Lives has ‘ST MILDRED, Abbess of Minster-in-Thanet, Virgin (c. a.d. 700)’ on the same day,
- Wikidata Q153447 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mildrith (CC BY-SA)
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