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Eanswida di Folkestone
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Eanswida di Folkestone

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Also known as Eanswythe

principessa del Kent, badessa benedettina, santa cristiana

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

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Place of birth
Kent
Place of death
Folkestone
Occupation
abbess
Position held
abbess
Religious order
Benedictines
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canonization status
saint
date of birth
0614-00-00
date of death
0640-00-00
feast day
September 12
Sources (3)

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Article · Italiano

Eanswida, conosciuta anche come Eanswythe e Eanswith (in anglosassone: Ēanswīþ) (614 – Folkestone, 31 agosto 640), è stata una principessa del Kent e una badessa benedettina vissuta nel settimo secolo. È venerata come santa dalla Chiesa cattolica, dalla Chiesa ortodossa e dalla Comunione anglicana.

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