St. Hildelitba - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

St. Hildelitba - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online



St. Hildelitba, Roman Catholic Benedictine abbess and supporter of Sts. Bede, Aldhelm, and Boniface. An Anglo Saxon princess, she became a nun at Chelles or Farmoutier. France, but was recalled by St. Erconwald to train her sister, Ethelburga, at Barking, England. Feastday March 24

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