Mildgyth
Saint Mildgyth | |
|---|---|
| Abbess | |
| Born | Unknown |
| Died | 676 |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church,Anglican Church,Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Feast | 17 January |
Saint Mildgyth(orMildgytha) (Old English:Mildgȳð) (died 676) was the youngest daughter ofMerewalh,king of Mercia and SaintEormenburh.[1]She was the youngest sister ofSaint Mildburh of WenlockandSaint Mildrith.[2]The three sisters have been likened to the three theological virtues: Mildburh to faith, Mildgyth to hope, and Mildrith to charity.[3]
She was aBenedictinenunand laterabbessof aNorthumbrianconvent.All that is known of St Mildgytha was that she was a nun and that “miraculous powers were often exhibited” at her tomb in Northumbria.[4]She seems to have died long before her sisters, while still quite young, which may account for so little mention of her.[3]
Her feast day is 17 January.
References
[edit]- ^Farmer, David Hugh. (1978).The Oxford Dictionary of Saints.Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^Baring-Gould, S., "S. Mildgytha V.",Lives of the Saints,Vol. I, John Grant, Edinburgh, 1914
- ^abO.S.B., "St. Mildred and Her Kinsfolk",Virgin Saints of the Benedictine Order
- ^"St. Milburga", Diocese of Shrewsbury
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