Saint Edith of Polesworth

Also known as: Edith of Tamworth
Memorial: 15 July
Profile: Sister of King Athelstan. Some confusion exists in the old records, and she may have been the sister of King Edgar and aunt of Saint Edith of Wilton. Married the viking king Sihtric of Northumbria at York in 925. Widowed in 926. Benedictine nun at Polesworth, Warwickshire, England. Abbess of Polesworth.
Died: c.927
Additional Information: Brittania Biographies
For All The Saints
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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