Celtic and Old English Saints 13 September =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * St. Wilfrida of Wilton * St. Theneva of Glasgow =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
St. Wilfrida of Wilton, Abbess Mother of Saint Edith and Abbess of Wilton, Who Repented of a Sinful Youth and Was Tonsured by St Ethelwold of Winchester (also known as Wulfritha, Wulfthryth) ------------------------------------------------- Died c. 988. Commemorated also 9 September. Saint Wilfrida was a novice at the convent of Wilton when she caught the eye of the King Saint Edgar the Peaceful, who had been rejected by her cousin, Saint Wulfhilda. She became his concubine and bore his daughter, Saint Edith of Wilton, out of wedlock. Shortly after Edith's birth, she returned to Wilton with her child. There she took the veil at the hands of Saint Ethelwold. As a nun, and later as abbess, Wilfrida did penance and made ample amends for the irregularity of her liaison with Edgar (Benedictines, Farmer). St. Theneva of Glasgow (Thenu, Enoch, Denw), ---------------------------------------------- Mother of Saint Kentigern Mungo See 18 July http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celt-saints/message/1238 Lives kindly supplied by: For All the Saints: http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/ss-index.htm These Lives are archived at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/celt-saints *****************************************
