Æthelthryth Saint

Æthelthryth (or Æþelðryþe; about 636 – June 23, 679) is the name for the Anglo-Saxon saint known, particularly in a religious context, as Etheldreda or Audrey. She was an East Anglian princess, a Fenland and Northumbrian queen and Abbess of Ely.

Personal facts

Æthelthryth
Birth dateJanuary 01, 0636
Birth place
Suffolk , Exning
Date of deathJune 23, 0679
Place of death
Cambridgeshire , Ely Cambridgeshire

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Saint

major shrine
London
Ely Place
Holborn
St Etheldreda's Church
Ely Cathedral
venerated in
Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Church
Catholic Church

Topical connections

Æthelberht II of East AngliaMonarch
Áurea of San MillánSaint
Ælfflæd wife of Edward the ElderRoyalty
Ælfnoth of StoweSaint

Æthelthryth on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://faculty.virginia.edu/OldEnglish/anthology/aethel.html
  2. http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Great_Britain/England/_Topics/churches/_Texts/KINCAT*/Ely/2.html