- Leofrun
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name = Leofrun
religion =Catholic
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location =England
Title = Benedictine abbess
Period = 11th century
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place of death =Leofrun was the abbess of St Mildred's Abbey at
Minster-in-Thanet ,Kent , which was aBenedictine abbey fornun s.Knowles, David; Brooke C. N. L.; and London, Vera C. M. "The Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales 940-1216" Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1972 ISBN 0-521-08367-2 p. 216] In 1011 she was captured by the Danes, along withAlphege Archbishop of Canterbury and GodwineBishop of Rochester after they successfully laid siege to the town of Canterbury.Williams, Ann "Æthelred the Unready: The Ill-Counselled King" London: Hambledon and London 2003 ISBN1-85285-382-4 p. 106-107]References
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