Saint Mildgytha

Also known as

• Milgitha
• Mildgyth

Memorial

• 17 January

Profile

Born a princess, the daughter of Merewalh, King of Mercia, and Saint Ebbe in Thanet. Sister of Saint Milburga and Saint Mildred of Thanet. Benedictine nun, receiving the veil from her mother at Minster on the Isle of Thanet. Abbess of a Northumbrian convent.

Died

• c.676 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Mildgytha”. Saints.SQPN.com. 16 January 2011. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-mildgytha/>