Généalogie and Heritage

Source: Saint Elswith - Catholic Saints

Description

Type Valeur
Titre Saint Elswith - Catholic Saints

Entrées associées à cette source

Personnes
EALHSWITH of Mercia (Wessex)

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Also known as
Ealsitha
Ealhswith
Etheldwitha
Ethelwitha
Memorial
20 July
Profile
Born a princess in Mercia (in modern England). A queen, married to King Alfred the Great of West Saxons. Widowed in 899, she became a nun and later abbess at a convent she had founded in Winchester, England.

Died 903
Canonized Pre-Congregation
Additional Information
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate