Saint Edith of Tamworth

Memorial

• 15 July

Profile

Sister of King Athelstan. Married the viking king Sihtric of Northumbria at York in 925. Widowed in 926. Benedictine nun at Polesworth, Warwickshire, England. Abbess of Polesworth.

Died

• c.927

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Brittania Biographies
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Edith of Tamworth”. Saints.SQPN.com. 22 November 2012. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-edith-of-tamworth/>