Sæthryth

East Anglian saint
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroEast Anglian saint
isNun
Work fieldReligion
Gender
Female
The details

Biography

Saint Sæthryth (Old English: Sǣþrȳð; fl. 660s), also called Sedrido, Sethrida or Saethrid, was the stepdaughter of king Anna of East Anglia, who became a Benedictine nun at the abbey of Faremoutiers-en-Brie, Gaul under its foundress Saint Burgundofara, whom she succeeded as abbess. Saints Seaxburh, Ethelburga, Etheldreda and Withburga were half-sisters.

Feast Day

Her feast day is January 7, formerly January 10.

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