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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.
14 de abr. de 2007 · After her husband's death, she became a nun at Polesworth Abbey, Warwickshire in 927, transferring to Tamworth Abbey, Gloucestershire where she was elected Abbess. Later canonised as St Edith of Polesworth or St Edith of Tamworth, her feast day is 15 or 19 July[1168].
- between 894-902, Wessex
- circa 900
- Wessex
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.).
- Nigel Tringham
- 2020
No fewer than 15 ancient churches in the Midland counties of England are dedicated to our saint, though a number of them bear the name of “St. Edith”, with no indication as to whom exactly they are dedicated, for there were two early Orthodox saints of England with this name: St. Edith of Polesworth and St. Edith of Wilton (Wiltshire).
Edith (d. 937)Queen of York and abbess of Pellesworth. Name variations: Saint Edith; abbess of Polesworth. Died in 937; illegitimate daughter of Edward I the Elder, king of the English (r. 899–924), and Ecgwynn (d. Source for information on Edith (d. 937): Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia dictionary.
1 de ago. de 2019 · St Edith of Polesworth and her Cult. August 2019. The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 71 (1):1-19. DOI: 10.1017/S0022046919000678. Authors: NIGEL TRINGHAM. To read the full-text of this...
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.
