- Saint Editha
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name=Saint Editha
birth_date=10th century
death_date=10th century
feast_day=July 15
venerated_in=Roman Catholicism ,Anglicanism
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birth_place=England
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major_shrine=Tamworth ,Staffordshire ,England
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prayer_attrib=Saint Editha was an early English
abbess , who lived in the 10th Century. She is often said to have been the daughter of the Anglo-Saxon kingEgbert of Wessex , and although scholars seem to agree that she was of Royal blood, there are differing opinions as regards her actual ancestry. Her feast day isJuly 15 .She was the first abbess of the
Benedictine settlement founded atPolesworth Abbey by St. Modwena and King Egbert. The abbey exists to the present day and is still used for regular services.The saint is commemorated in a number of churches around the Midlands, the most notable of these being Polesworth Abbey Church and the Collegiate Church of Tamworth, which bears her name. Other churches dedicated to St. Editha include
Church Eaton inStaffordshire , Amington Parish Church (inTamworth ), as well as a number of churches inLouth, Lincolnshire .External links
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/greenhall/tht/history/Editha.htm Who was Saint Editha?] (article discussing the Editha legend)
* [http://www.polesworthabbey.heralded.org.uk/ Polesworth Abbey's website] (which includes a history of the abbey]
* [http://www.stedithas.org.uk/ St Editha's Church, Tamworth]
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