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30 de mar. de 2022 · Saint Osburga, who founded a nunnery which was reportedly the first settlements in the Coventry. Refounded by Leofric and Godiva in 1043 after it's destruction by the Vikings, Osburga's monastery grew into the city's first Cathedral of St Mary, and her shrine was venerated and became a place of pilgrimage throughout the Middle Ages.
Æthelwulf ( Old English: [ˈæðelwuɫf]; [1] Old English for "Noble Wolf"; [2] died 13 January 858) was King of Wessex from 839 to 858. [a] In 825, his father, King Ecgberht, defeated King Beornwulf of Mercia, ending a long Mercian dominance over Anglo-Saxon England south of the Humber. Ecgberht sent Æthelwulf with an army to Kent, where he ...
30 de sept. de 2022 · Osburh, who lived in the first half of the ninth century, was the mother of one of the early medieval period’s most famous rulers: King Alfred of Wessex. Often known as ‘Alfred the Great’, her son is well known for fighting against Viking invaders. Osburh was married to Alfred’s father King Æthelwulf, and it’s assumed that she was ...
Osburga's existence is known only from Asser 's Life of King Alfred. She is not named as witness to any charters, nor is her death reported in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle . It is presumed, but nowhere recorded, that she was also the mother of Alfred's older brothers Æthelstan of Wessex , Æthelbald of Wessex , Æthelberht of Wessex , Æthelred of Wessex , and of his sister Æthelswith , wife of ...
Welcome to our Parish website. St Osburg’s is also known as ‘The Most Holy Sacrament and St Osburg’ and has been the Mother church of Coventry since 1807. Fr Pontius Bandua, Parish Priest. fr.pontius.bandua@rcaob.org.uk. This weeks newsletter: link.
Ethelbaldo de Wessex nació en el año 834, siendo el segundo de los hijos varones —6 en total— de Ethelwulfo, rey de Wessex y de su primera esposa, Osburga . La muerte de su hermano mayor, Athelstan de Kent (851), lo convirtió en el heredero de la corona. Habiendo partido su padre en peregrinaje a Roma junto a su hijo menor Alfredo ...
4 de sept. de 2012 · Osburh ("Osburga") was daughter of Earl Olsac the Thane, Grand Butler of England (known as The Cupbearer). References: [JAMS],[AR7],[Weis1]
