Saint Elgiva
- Memorial
- 18 May
- Profile
- Queen; wife of King Edmund the First.
Mother of King Edwy of Saxony, and King Edgar of England.
Known all her life for her personal piety and support of the Church.
Later in life she retired to become a Benedictine nun at Shaftesbury, England.
- Died
- 944 of natural causes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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