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Saint Mildgyth Abbess Born Unknown Died 676 Honored in Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church Canonized Pre-Congregation Feast January 17 Saint Mildgyth (or Mildgytha) (Old English: Mildgȳð) (died 676) was the youngest daughter of Merewalh, king of Mercia and Saint Eormenburh.[1] Her sisters were Saint Mildburh of Wenlock and Saint Mildrith.
She was a Benedictine nun and later abbess of a Northumbrian convent. Her feast day is January 17.[2]
References
- ^ Farmer, David Hugh. (1978). The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Patron Saints Index
Saints of Anglo-Saxon England British / Welsh / Irish Alban of St Albans · Aldatus of Oxford · Amphibalus of St Albans · Arilda of Oldbury · Barloc of Norbury · Brannoc of Braunton · Branwalator of Milton · Credan of Bodmin · Congar of Congresbury · Dachuna of Bodmin · Decuman of Watchet · Elfin of Warrington · Ivo of Ramsey · Judoc of Winchester · Juthwara of Sherbourne · Melorius of Amesbury · Nectan of Hartland · Neot of St Neots · Patrick of Glastonbury · Rumon of Tavistock · Samson of Dol · Sativola of Exeter · Urith of Chittlehampton
East Anglian Æthelberht of East Anglia · Æthelburh of Faremoutiers · Æthelflæd of Ramsey · Æthelthryth of Ely · Æthelwine of Lindsey · Athwulf of Thorney · Blitha of Martham · Botwulf of Thorney · Cissa of Crowland · Cuthbald of Peterborough · Eadmund of East Anglia · Eadnoth of Ramsey · Guthlac of Crowland · Herefrith of Thorney · Hiurmine of Blythburgh · Huna of Thorney · Pega of Peakirk · Regenhere of Northampton · Seaxburh of Ely · Tancred of Thorney · Torthred of Thorney · Tova of Thorney · Walstan of Bawburgh · Wihtburh of Ely · Wulfric of Holme
East Saxon Æthelburh of Barking · Hildelith of Barking · Osgyth · Sæbbi of London
Frisian,
Frankish
and Old SaxonBalthild of Romsey · Bertha of Kent · Felix of Dommoc · Grimbald of St Bertin · Monegunda of Watton · Odwulf of Evesham · Wulfram of Grantham
Irish and Scottish Aidan of Lindisfarne · Boisil of Melrose · Echa of Crayke · Ultan the Scribe · Indract of Glastonbury · Maildub of Malmesbury
Kentish Æbbe of Thanet · Æthelberht of Kent · Æthelburh of Kent · Æthelred of Kent · Albinus of Canterbury · Berhtwald of Canterbury · Deusdedit of Canterbury · Eadburh of Thanet · Eanswith of Folkestone · Eormengyth of Thanet · Nothhelm of Canterbury · Sigeburh of Thanet
Mercian Ælfnoth of Stowe · Ælfthryth of Crowland · Æthelberht of Bedford · Æthelmod of Leominster · Æthelred of Mercia · Æthelwine of Coln · Æthelwynn of Sodbury · Beonna of Breedon · Beorhthelm of Stafford · Coenwulf of Mercia · Cotta of Breedon · Credan of Evesham · Cyneburh of Castor · Cyneburh of Gloucester · Kenelm of Winchcombe · Cyneswith of Peterborough · Eadburh of Bicester · Eadburh of Pershore · Eadburh of Southwell · Eadgyth of Aylesbury · Eadweard of Maugersbury · Ealdgyth of Stortford · Earconwald of London · Ecgwine of Evesham · Freomund of Mercia · Frithuric of Breedon · Frithuswith of Oxford · Frithuwold of Chertsey · Hæmma of Leominster · Merefin · Mildburh of Wenlock · Mildgyth · Mildthryth of Thanet · Milred of Worcester · Oda of Canterbury · Oswald of Worcester · Osburh of Coventry · Rumwold of Buckingham · Tibba of Ryhall · Werburh of Chester · Wærstan · Wigstan of Repton · Wulfhild of Barking
Northumbrian Acca of Hexham · Æbbe "the Elder" of Coldingham · Æbbe "the Younger" of Coldingham · Ælfflæd of Whitby · Ælfwald of Northumbria · Æthelburh of Hackness · Æthelgyth of Coldingham · Æthelsige of Ripon · Æthelwold of Farne · Æthelwold of Lindisfarne · Alchhild of Middleham · Alchmund of Hexham · Alchmund of Derby · Balthere of Tyningham · Beda of Jarrow · Bega of Copeland · Benedict Biscop · Bercthun of Beverley · Billfrith of Lindisfarne · Bosa of York · Botwine of Ripon · Ceadda of Lichfield · Cedd of Lichfield · Ceolfrith of Monkwearmouth · Ceolwulf of Northumbria · Cuthbert of Durham · Dryhthelm of Melrose · Eadberht of Lindisfarne · Eadfrith of Leominster · Eadfrith of Lindisfarne · Eadwine of Northumbria · Ealdberht of Ripon · Eanmund · Eardwulf of Northumbria · Eata of Hexham · Ecgberht of Ripon · Eoda · Eosterwine of Monkwearmouth · Hilda of Whitby · Hyglac · Iwig of Wilton · John of Beverley · Osana of Howden · Osthryth of Bardney · Oswald of Northumbria · Oswine of Northumbria · Sicgred of Ripon · Sigfrith of Monkwearmouth · Tatberht of Ripon · Wihtberht of Ripon · Wilfrith of Hexham · Wilfrith II · Wilgisl of Ripon
Roman Augustine of Canterbury · Firmin of North Crawley · Birinus of Dorchester · Blaise · Florentius of Peterborough · Hadrian of Canterbury · Honorius of Canterbury · Justus of Canterbury · Laurence of Canterbury · Mellitus of Canterbury · Paulinus of York · Theodore of Canterbury
South Saxon Cuthflæd of Lyminster · Cuthmann of Steyning · Leofwynn of Bishopstone
West Saxon Æbbe of Abingdon · Ælfgar of Selwood · Ælfgifu of Exeter · Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury · Ælfheah of Canterbury · Ælfheah of Winchester · Æthelflæd of Romsey · Æthelgar of Canterbury · Æthelnoth of Canterbury · Æthelwine of Athelney · Æthelwold of Winchester · Aldhelm of Sherbourne · Benignus of Glastonbury · Beocca of Chertsey · Beorhthelm of Shaftesbury · Beornstan of Winchester · Beornwald of Bampton · Centwine of Wessex · Cuthburh of Wimborn · Cwenburh of Wimborne · Dunstan of Canterbury · Eadburh of Winchester · Eadgar of England · Eadgyth of Polesworth · Eadgyth of Wilton · Eadweard the Confessor · Eadweard the Martyr · Eadwold of Cerne · Earmund of Stoke Fleming · Edor of Chertsey · Evorhilda · Frithestan of Winchester · Hædde of Winchester · Humbert of Stokenham · Hwita of Whitchurch Canonicorum · Mærwynn of Romsey · Margaret of Dunfermline · Swithhun of Winchester · Wulfsige of Sherborne · Wulfthryth of Wilton
Unclear origin Rumbold of Mechelen
Categories:- 676 deaths
- Mercian saints
- Anglo-Saxon nuns
- Benedictine nuns
- Benedictines
- Anglo-Saxon abbesses
- Female saints
- 7th-century Christian saints
- British saint stubs
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