Saint Ethelgiva of Shaftesbury

Also known as

• Æthelgifu of Shaftesbury

Memorial

• 9 December

Profile

Princess, the daughter of King Alfred the Great. Nun. With her father‘s help, she founded and served as first abbess of Shaftesbury Abbey in Dorset, England.

Died

• 896

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Ethelgiva of Shaftesbury“. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 January 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>