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Wulfhild
Wulfhild [St Wulfhild] (d. after 996), abbess of Barking and Horton
SaintKingdom of WessexBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 9 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
940
Died
1000
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Wulfhilda, also known as Wulfhild and Wulfreda among several other names (c. 940 – c. 996), was an Anglo-Saxon abbess who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Wulthryth Saint Relative
Sources
- Book of Saints (Monks of Ramsgate) — 'Wulfilda' — Anglo-Saxon abbess of Barking († after 996), one of the three saints of Barking Abbey with St Æthelburh and St Hildelith; her Vita was written by Goscelin of Saint-Bertin and dedicated to Bishop Maurice of London, and mi
- Wikidata Q18917777 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Wulfhilda of Barking (CC BY-SA)
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