Saint Elgiva of Shaftesbury

Also known as

• Aelfgifu
• Elfgiva

Memorial

• 18 May

Profile

Queen; wife of King Edmund I. Mother of King Edwy of Saxony, and Saint Edgar the Peaceful. Widowed young. Known all her life for her personal piety and support of the Church, endowing several churches and monasteries Later in life she retired to become a Benedictine nun and then abbess at Shaftesbury, England.

Died

• 971 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Elgiva of Shaftesbury”. Saints.SQPN.com. 24 November 2012. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-elgiva-of-shaftesbury/>