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Edith of Wilton
English nun
SaintResearchedUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 16 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
961
Died
984
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Wilton in England, Saint Edith, virgin, who, daughter of the king of the English, consecrated to God in a monastery from her earliest years, did not so much leave this world as never know it at all.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 16 September as a king's daughter consecrated to God in a monastery from childhood.
Connected on this site
- Edgar of England Saint Parent, Father
- Edward the Martyr Saint Brother or sister“In 978, after the murder of her half-brother, Edward the Martyr, she may have been offered the English throne, which she also refused.” — Wikipedia
- Wulthryth Saint Parent, Mother
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q629117 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Edith of Wilton (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.