Saint Alburga of Wilton
- Memorial
- 25 December
- Profile
- Princess, the half-sister of King Egbert of Wessex.
Wife of Earl Wulstan of Wiltshire who founded Wilton Abbey near Salisbury, England in 773.
Widowed in 800.
She converted Wilton Abbey into a convent for women, retired there with a dozen fellow Benedictine nuns, and is also considered a founder of the house.
- Born
- in Wessex, England
- Died
- 810 at Wilton abbey, England of natural causes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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Catholic Online
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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