Eadgyth of Aylesbury

Eadgyth of Aylesbury, Eadridus
BornEngland
Diedunknown
Venerated inCatholic Church
Major shrineAylesbury (?)

Eadgyth of Aylesbury also known as Eadridus was a Christian saint of Anglo-Saxon England.

History

She is known to history mainly through the hagiography of the Secgan manuscript, but also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

One of her sisters was Eadburh of Bicester; the other, Wilburga, was married to Frithuwold of Chertsey. Wilburga's daughter St Osyth grew up in the care of her maternal aunts.

A 'Saint Edith' is also mentioned in Conchubran's Life of Saint Modwenna, a female hermit who supposedly lived near Burton-on-Trent. The text, written in the early 11th century, mentions a sister of King Alfred by the name of 'Ite', a nun who served as the Kings tutor and had a maidservant called Osid. Although an Irish nun called 'St Ita' was active in the 7th century, Ite's name has been interpreted as "almost certainly a garbling of Edith" and that of 'Osid' a rendering of Osgyth.

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References

  1. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of Saints, [page needed]
  2. ↑ Yorke, Barbara (2003). Nunneries and the Anglo-Saxon Royal Houses. London. p. 22
  3. ↑ Thacker, Alan (2001). "Dynastic monasteries and family cults: Edward the Elder's sainted kindred". In N. J. Higham and D. H. Hill. Edward the Elder 899–924. London: Routledge. p. 257. ISBN 0-415-21497-1
  4. ↑ Stowe MS 944[link removed], British Library
  5. ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle manuscript C (1046).
  6. ↑ Thacker, Alan (2001). "Dynastic monasteries and family cults: Edward the Elder's sainted kindred". In N. J. Higham and D. H. Hill. Edward the Elder 899–924. (Routledge, 2001). p257.
  7. ↑ Robert Bartlett, Geoffrey of Burton. Life and miracles of Modwenna (Clarendon, 2002) pp. xviii-xix.