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Santa Edith de Polesworth (también conocida como Editha o Eadgyth; m. ?h.960s [1] ) es una oscura abadesa anglosajona relacionada con Polesworth (Warwickshire) y Tamworth (Staffordshire) en Mercia. Su identidad histórica y época en que trabajó son inseguras.
- siglo X
- Siglo IXjuliano, Inglaterra
- Sihtric Cáech (desde 926)
Saint Edith of Polesworth (also known as Editha or Eadgyth; d. ?c.960s [1]) is an Anglo-Saxon abbess associated with Polesworth (Warwickshire) and Tamworth (Staffordshire) in Mercia. Her historical identity and floruit are uncertain.
- England
- Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
- 15 July
Santa Edith de Polesworth (también conocida como Editha o Eadgyth; m. ?h.960s ) es una oscura abadesa anglosajona relacionada con Polesworth (Warwickshire) y Tamworth (Staffordshire) en Mercia. Su identidad histórica y época en que trabajó son inseguras.
Venerated at Polesworth (Warws.) in the late Anglo-Saxon period, the identity of St Edith remains uncertain, with medieval chroniclers suggesting various candidates, but she is likely to have been a seventh-century Mercian princess, perhaps also connected with a church near Louth (Lincs.).
- Nigel Tringham
- 2020
Polesworth was one of two towns or estates granted by Aethelwulf to St. Modwenna for the founding of monasteries. Edith became the first abbess. She died on March 15, 871. Our holy Mother Edith was the eldest daughter of King Edward the Elder and Queen Egwena, and sister of St. Edburga of Winchester and King Athelstan.
15 de abr. de 2021 · Daughter of King Ecgbert of Wessex and Redburga. Sister of Athelwulf, Ceowulf and Athelstan. Buried Polesworth Abbey. Edith of Polesworth (the Edgyth of this profile), probably born 895-902. Daughter of Eadward of Wessex. Edith, shown on WikiTree (as at 3 January 2021) as born 905 in Wessex and daughter of Athelstan.
One of them is St. Edith (also Editha, Eadgyth) who became Abbess of Polesworth in central England. One of the earliest testimonies for the veneration of this saint is the eleventh-century “List of Resting Places of Anglo-Saxon Saints ,” commonly known as Secgan, which mentions that St. Edith’s relics rest at Polesworth Convent.
