Eanswith
Sign in to saveSaint Eanswith (; born c. 630, Kent, England. Died c. 650, Folkestone, England), also spelled Eanswythe or Eanswide, was an Anglo-Saxon princess, who is said to have founded Folkestone Priory, one of the first Christian monastic communities for women in Britain. Her possible remains were the subject of research, published in 2020.
Person
- Born
- 0614-00-00
- Died
- 0640-00-00
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Key facts
- Saint.name
- SaintEanswith
- Saint.birth_date
- 630
- Saint.birth_place
- Kent
- Saint.residence
- Folkestone
- Saint.death_date
- c.650
- Saint.death_place
- Folkestone
- Saint.feast_day
- 12 September (Western Christianity)31 August (Eastern Orthodoxy)
- Saint.venerated_in
- Catholic Church, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodox Church
- Saint.major_shrine
- St Mary and St Eanswythe's Church, Folkestone
- Saint.attributes
- crown, staff, book and sometimes a fish
- Saint.major_works
- Founded Folkestone Abbey
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Key dates
- Born
- 614
- Died
- 640
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Kent
- Place of death
- Folkestone
- Father
- Eadbald of Kent
- Mother
- Emma of Austrasia
- Sibling
- Eorcenberht of Kent
- Occupation
- abbess
- Position held
- abbess
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- New research
- Church dedications
- See also
- Notes
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Saint Eanswith (; born c. 630, Kent, England. Died c. 650, Folkestone, England), also spelled Eanswythe or Eanswide, was an Anglo-Saxon princess, who is said to have founded Folkestone Priory, one of the first Christian monastic communities for women in Britain. Her possible remains were the subject of research, published in 2020.
==Life== Eanswith was a princess of the Kingdom of Kent. Her father was Eadbald, who ruled as king of Kent from 616 to 640. Her mother, Eadbald's second wife, was Emma, who may have been a Frankish princess; she also bore him two sons, Eormenred and Eorcenberht. Eanswith's grandfather, Æthelberht of Kent had been the first king of Anglo-Saxon England to accept Christian baptism.