Saint Cuthburgh of Wimborne

Also known as

• Cuthburg
• Cuthburga

Memorial

• 31 August

Profile

Sister of King Ina of Wessex in England; sister of Saint Cwenburgh of Wimborne. Benedictine nun at Barking Abbey in Essex, England where she was a friend of Saint Hildelith. With Cwenburgh, she founded a monastery in Wimborne, Dorset, England, and served as abbess there. Many of her Wimborne sisters worked as missionaries to Germany.

Died

• c.725

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Cuthburgh of Wimborne“. Congregations of the Faith. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 February 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>