St. Elgiva of Shaftesbury - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Elgiva of Shaftesbury - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Elgiva of Shaftesbury, Roman Catholic Queen and mother of Kings Edwy of the Saxons and Edgar, King of England,  and wife of Edmund the First. She gave up public life and became a Benedictine nun at Shaftesbury. Feast May 18

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