Venerable (Monastic)7th century
Saint Seaxburh of Ely
Also known as Seaxburh · Sexburga · Sexburh · Saxburgh
Queen of Kent who, widowed, embraced the monastic life and succeeded her sister St. Etheldreda as abbess of Ely; mother of St. Eormenhild and St. Ercongota.
July 6New Calendar
Feast Day
July 19Old Calendar
Their life
Queen of Kent who, widowed, embraced the monastic life and succeeded her sister St. Etheldreda as abbess of Ely; mother of St. Eormenhild and St. Ercongota.
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Notes
Daughter of King Anna of East Anglia; sister of St. Etheldreda of Ely (OS-1416); reposed c. 699.
Sources: OrthodoxWiki; Wikipedia (Seaxburh of Ely)