Saint Edburgh of Bicester

Also known as

• Eadburh of Bicester
• Edburg of Bicester
• Edburga of Bicester

Memorial

• 18 July

Profile

Born a princess, the daughter of the pagan King Penda of Mercia; sister of Saint Cuneburga and Saint Edith of Aylesbury; aunt of Saint Osith. Nun under Saint Cuneburga’s convent at Castor, Northamptonshire, England. Nun at a small monastery she built on land at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England on land donated by her father. The towns of Adderbury and Edburton in England are thought to have been named for her.

Born

• c.620 in Mercia (part of modern England)

Died

• 18 July 650 at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England of natural causes
• relics transferred to the Augustinian priory at Bicester, England in 1182 where they became a point of pilgrimage
• relics transferred to Flanders, Belgium in 1500 by order of Pope Alexander VI

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
• Saint Edburg’s Church, Bicester, England
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Edburgh of Bicester”. Saints.SQPN.com. 19 June 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-edburgh-of-bicester/>