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Elfleda di Whitby, o in inglese Ælfflæd of Whitby (654 – 713), fu badessa dell'Abbazia di Whitby. È venerata come santa dalla Chiesa cattolica e dalla Comunione anglicana. Era figlia di Oswiu, re di Northumbria e della sua consorte Eanflæd (anch'essa venerata come santa).
- Chiesa cattolica, Comunione anglicana
- 654
22 ott 2017 · Elfleda di Whitby nacque nel regno anglosassone di Northumbria (all’incirca tra le attuali Inghilterra orientale e Scozia meridionale) nel 654, figlia del re di Northumbria Oswiu e la moglie Enfleda.
Saint Ælfflæd (654–714) was the daughter of King Oswiu of Northumbria and Eanflæd. She was abbess of Whitby Abbey, an abbey of nuns that were known for their skills in medicine, from the death of her kinswoman Hilda in 680, first jointly with her mother, then alone.
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31 mag 2019 · Hilda of Whitby (also known as Saint Hilda of Whitby, l. 614-680 CE) was the founder and abbess of the monastery at Whitby, Kingdom of Northumbria, Britain. She was a Northumbrian princess who converted to Christianity with the rest of the court of her great-uncle, King Edwin of Deira (r. 616-633 CE), when she was 13.
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9 mag 2024 · Overview. Elfleda. (653—714) Quick Reference. (653–714), abbess of Whitby. Her father, Oswiu, king of Northumbria, and her mother Enfleda vowed to consecrate her in infancy to the religious life if he were successful in battle against Penda, the heathen king of Mercia.
Eanflæd (19 April 626 – after 685, also known as Enfleda) was a Deiran princess, queen of Northumbria and later, the abbess of an influential Christian monastery in Whitby, England. She was the daughter of King Edwin of Northumbria and Æthelburg, who in turn was the daughter of King Æthelberht of Kent.
Joining the convent of Whitby, Elflaed received instruction and spiritual guidance from the venerable abbess Hilda of Whitby, one of England's most highly educated women. Elflaed soon became renowned as a founder of religious establishments and for her generous acts of charity.
