Wulfhilda of Barking

Wulfhilda of Barking was an Anglo-Saxon abbess and a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Wulfhilda was born in 940. The daughter of a Wessexian nobleman named Wulfhelm, she was raised and educated by Benedictine nuns and joined their community when she became of age. In 970, she was appointed as abbess of Barking Abbey. Under Wulfhilda's leadership, the monastery flourished and was greatly expanded. She died around 1000 and was buried at the abbey.