Wulthryth
Anglo-Saxon Abbess and saint
Feast: 13 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Wulfthryth, also known as Wilfrida (died c. 1000), was the second known consort of Edgar, King of England, in the early 960s. Historians disagree whether she was his wife or mistress. In 964, Edgar married Ælfthryth, and then or earlier Wulfthryth returned to Wilton Abbey, where she had been educated. She was accompanied by her daughter Edith, who was widely revered in the eleventh century as a saint. Wulfthryth remained there for the rest of her life as abbess and died on 21 September in an unknown year, around 1000.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Edgar of England Saint Spouse
- Edith of Wilton Saint Child
- Wulfhild Saint Relative
- santiebeati.it, 'Wilfrida, Badessa' — 'Wilfrida, Badessa, † 988, festa 13 settembre' — feast matches the entry exactly. Wulfthryth, abbess of Wilton and mother of St Edith; Stanton's Menology speaks of her too: 'Wulfrida, the mother of St. Edith... lived man
- Wikidata Q1927072 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Wulfthryth of Wilton (CC BY-SA)
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