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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Æthelthryth, virgin and queen of Northumbria (ob. 679)

Saint ID

S02083

Number in BH

BHL 2632-2640

Reported Death Not Before

679

Reported Death Not After

679

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Virgins, Monarchs and their family, Married but sexually abstinent
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E05562Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 23 June in Britain of *Æthelthryth (virgin and queen of Northumbria, ob. 679, S02083). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.