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Wihtburh
East Anglian saint
SaintKingdom of East AngliaPre-congregation
Feast: 8 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
700
Died
743
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Wihtburh (also Withburga or Withburge; died 743) was an East Anglian saint and abbess. She was renowned for founding and governing a convent at Dereham in Norfolk. The Dereham convent no longer exists except for St Nicholas Church.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
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.
Connected on this site
- Jurmin Saint Brother or sister
- Seaxburh of Ely Saint Brother or sister
- Sæthryth Saint Brother or sister
- Æthelburh of Faremoutiers Saint Brother or sister
- Æthelthryth Saint Brother or sister
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints — St Withburga, virgin, 8 July — 'St Withburga, virgin' — daughter of King Anna of East Anglia, sister of SS Etheldreda, Sexburga and Ethelburga; feast 8 July matches.
- Wikidata Q2480764 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Wihtburh (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.