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Cwenburh

8th-century saint

SaintPre-congregation
Born
601
Died
710
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Cwenburh of Wimborne was an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon saint, a sister of King Ine of Wessex and of Saint Cuthburh. Her sister Cuthburh was married to King Aldfrith of Northumbria and then became the first abbess of Wimborne monastery.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Connected on this site

  • Alfred the Great Saint
    “She is also included in the genealogical preface to the Chronicle in one copy, as part of a pedigree for the 9th-century King Æthelwulf of Wessex, the father of King Alfred the Great of Wessex.” — Wikipedia
Sources
  • Wikidata Q16208335 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Cwenburh (CC BY-SA)

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