Saint Edburga
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- Also known as
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Heaburg
Bugga
Edburga of Minster-in-Thanet
- Memorial
- 12 December
- Profile
- Only daughter of King Centwine and Queen Engyth of Wessex, the 8th century royal family of Kent, England.
Benedictine nun.
Friend and spiritual student of Saint Mildred.
Abbess of Minster-in-Thanet Abbey in 716.
She secured several royal charters for the abbey, and built a new church there.
Skilled scribe and calligrapher.
Pilgrim to Rome where she met Saint Boniface with whom she established a lengthy correspondence; her letters have not survived.
She supported Saint Boniface in his missionary work, and copied manuscripts for his use.
- Born
- English
- Died
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751 at Minster-in-Thanet abbey of natural causes
buried in the abbey church beside Saint Mildred
relics translated to Saint Gregory's Hospital, Canturbury, England
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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