Etheldreda

Etheldreda died in 660, and Bede was writing in 731.

Archive 2010-04-01 Carla 2010

Etheldreda died in 660, and Bede was writing in 731.

Early medieval surgical knowledge Carla 2010

Lots of lovely titles of Our Lady in the litany - Our Lady of Hal, our Lady of Westminster - and lots of English saints: Erconwald, Elphege, Etheldreda...

Archive 2009-05-01 Joanna Bogle 2009

Lots of lovely titles of Our Lady in the litany - Our Lady of Hal, our Lady of Westminster - and lots of English saints: Erconwald, Elphege, Etheldreda...

The word "Westminster"... Joanna Bogle 2009

I read Moyra Caldecott's Etheldreda some time ago and don't remember her being mentioned... hmm.

Wolf Girl Carla 2006

Etheldreda can be considered inspirational of a sort, though it was originally published by a "New Age" publisher and not a Christian one.

Wolf Girl Carla 2006

Oh yes, I'm familiar with Audrey/Etheldreda, but not so much with Ecgfrid's second wife.

Wolf Girl Carla 2006

Etheldreda commenced the foundation of a monastery for both sexes, and was installed the first abbess; she gave the whole Isle of Ely to the monastery as an endowment, and died A.D.

Ely Cathedral Anonymous

Etheldreda and her companions and canonized successors, placing them behind the high altar in the new presbytery, with great pomp and ceremony.

Ely Cathedral Anonymous

Three years after her marriage Tonbert died, and left Etheldreda in sole possession, who, after a short time, committed the care of her property to Ovin, her steward, and retired to Ely for the purpose of religious meditation, for which it was well adapted, as being surrounded by fens and waters it was difficult of access.

Ely Cathedral Anonymous