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Venerable (Monastic) · 7th century

Saint Etheldreda of Ely

Also known as Aethelthryth · Audrey of Ely

An Anglo-Saxon queen of East Anglia who, preserving her virginity through two marriages, at last received the veil and founded the monastery of Ely, ruling it as abbess in holiness.

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Notes

Pre-schism Western saint.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints