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Santa Edith de Polesworth (también conocida como Editha o Eadgyth; m. ?h.960s [1] ) es una oscura abadesa anglosajona relacionada con Polesworth (Warwickshire) y Tamworth (Staffordshire) en Mercia. Su identidad histórica y época en que trabajó son inseguras.
Saint Edith of Polesworth (also known as Editha or Eadgyth; d. ?c.960s) is an Anglo-Saxon abbess associated with Polesworth (Warwickshire) and Tamworth (Staffordshire) in Mercia. Her historical identity and floruit are uncertain.
Early England can be proud of having around forty holy abbesses, most of whom were of royal origin. One of them is St. Edith (also Editha, Eadgyth) who became Abbess of Polesworth in central England.
1 de ago. de 2019 · Venerated at Polesworth (Warws.) in the late Anglo-Saxon period, the identity of St Edith remains uncertain, with medieval chroniclers suggesting various candidates, but she is likely to have been a seventh-century Mercian princess, perhaps also connected with a church near Louth (Lincs.).
Santa Edith de Polesworth (también conocida como Editha o Eadgyth; m. ?h.960s [1]) es una oscura abadesa anglosajona relacionada con Polesworth (Warwickshire) y Tamworth (Staffordshire) en Mercia. Su identidad histórica y época en que trabajó son inseguras.
45. Saints Edith And Edith Of Polesworth. Our holy mother Edith was the daughter of King Egbert of Wessex, the sister of King Aethelwulf of Wessex, and the aunt of King Alfred the Great. Polesworth was one of two towns or estates granted by Aethelwulf to St. Modwenna for the founding of monasteries. Edith became the first abbess.
Polesworth’s saint Editha is from the time of the rise of Christianity in Mercia, the time of Chad and Wilfrid, though Editha may have come from the Christian-celtic tradition represented by Columba and Cuthbert and women saints such as Hilda.
