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Sæthryth

East Anglian saint

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Feast: 7 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
650
Died
601
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Sæthryth (Old English: Sǣþrȳð; fl. 660s), also called Sedrido, Sethrida or Saethrid, was the stepdaughter of king Anna of East Anglia.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Connected on this site

Sources
  • Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales — 'St. Sethryda retired, with her half-sister, St. Ethelburga, and her niece, St. Ercongota, to the Abbey of Faremoutiers' — the East Anglian princess-abbess; feast 7 January.
  • Wikidata Q7665817 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Sæthryth (CC BY-SA)

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