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Mildthryth
Anglo-Saxon Abbess
SaintKingdom of MerciaBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 13 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
700
Died
734
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Mildrith, also Mildthryth, Mildryth and Mildred, (Old English: Mildþrȳð) (born c. 660, died after 732), was a 7th- and 8th-century Anglo-Saxon abbess of the Abbey at Minster-in-Thanet, Kent. She was declared a saint after her death, and, in 1030, her remains were moved to Canterbury.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Domne Eafe Saint Mother, Parent
- Mildburh Saint Brother or sister
- Mildgyth Saint Brother or sister