Saint Alburga of Wilton

Memorial

• 25 December

Profile

Princess, the half-sister of King Egbert of Wessex. Wife of Earl Wulstan of Wiltshire who founded Wilton Abbey near Salisbury, England in 773. Widowed in 800. She converted Wilton Abbey into a convent for women, retired there with a dozen fellow Benedictine nuns, and is also considered a founder of the house.

Born

• in Wessex, England

Died

• 810 at Wilton abbey, England of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Alburga of Wilton”. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 August 2012. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-alburga-of-wilton/>