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Wihtburh
Sign in to saveWihtburh (also Withburga or Withburge; died 743) was an East Anglian saint and abbess. She was renowned for founding and governing a convent at Dereham in Norfolk. The Dereham convent no longer exists except for St Nicholas Church.
Key facts
- Saint.name
- Saint Wihtburh
- Saint.death_date
- 17 March 743
- Saint.feast_day
- 8 July (translation of relics), March 17 (repose)
- Saint.image
- St Wihtburh (Altar, St. Nicholas Church, Dereham, Norfolk).jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 175px
- Saint.caption
- St. Wihtburh, depicted in St Nicholas's Church, Dereham, Norfolk
- Saint.death_place
- Dereham
- Saint.attributes
- A pair of does; church
- Saint.major_shrine
- Ely CathedralSt Etheldreda's Church, London
- Saint.suppressed_date
- 1540s
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Family
- Story of the does
- Death and veneration at Dereham
- Removal to Ely
- Dissemination of her life story
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- Primary sources
- External links
Wihtburh (also Withburga or Withburge; died 743) was an East Anglian saint and abbess. She was renowned for founding and governing a convent at Dereham in Norfolk. The Dereham convent no longer exists except for St Nicholas Church.
According to folk tradition, Wihtburh was the youngest daughter of King Anna, king of the East Angles, but academics such as Virginia Blanton and Barbara Yorke have suggested that this is unlikely.