Æthelburh of Kent
second wife of Edwin of Northumbria
Feast: 8 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Æthelburh of Kent (born c. 601, sometimes spelled Æthelburg, Ethelburga, Æthelburga; Old English: Æþelburh, Æðelburh, Æðilburh, also known as Tate or Tata), was an early Anglo-Saxon queen consort of Northumbria, the second wife of King Edwin. As she was a Christian from Kent, their marriage triggered the initial phase of the conversion of the pagan north of England to Christianity.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Eanflæd Saint Child
- Edwin of Northumbria Saint Spouse“In 627, Edwin was baptised under the influence of his wife, Æthelburh of Kent, and the Roman missionary Paulinus, who became the first Bishop of York.” — Wikipedia
- Æthelberht Saint Father, Parent
- CatholicSaints.Info — 'Saint Ethelburgh of Kent'; Catholic Online — 'St. Ethelburga' — Daughter of St Ethelbert of Kent and wife of Edwin of Northumbria, whose marriage brought St Paulinus north; after Edwin's death she returned to Kent and founded and ruled the monastery of Lyminge until 647, where her re
- Wikidata Q2266026 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Æthelburh of Kent (CC BY-SA)
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