Etheldreda

Etheldreda
Etheldreda f
English: Latinized form of the Old English female personal name Æðelpryð (see AUDREY (SEE Audrey)). It was taken up as a given name in the 19th century, but is now rare.

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  • Etheldreda — Sankt Audrey, auch Æthelthryth, Ætheldreda, Æðelþryð, Ethelreda oder Etheldreda (* 636; † 23. Juni 679 in Ely) war eine angelsächsische Heilige. Sie war Tochter des ostanglischen Königs Anna und somit auch Prinzessin. Ihre Schwestern Sexburga,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Etheldreda — Etheldrède d Ély Sainte Etheldrède d Ely (appelée aussi Audrey, Awdrey, Æthelthryth, Etheldreda ou encore Ediltrudis) est née vers 630 à Exning et elle est décédée le 23 juin 679 à Ely. Fille de sainte Hereswyde et d Anna, roi d Est Anglie, elle… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Etheldreda, S. — S. Etheldreda (Etheldrida, Aetheldrith, Edildrudis, Ediltrudes), Reg. V. Abbat. (23. Juni). Von Ethel31 = Adel, edel, und druthe, trud = traut; Braut, Frau etc., also: Edelfrau etc. – Die hl. Etheldred (Edeltraud) ist die Tochter des frommen, um… …   Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon

  • Etheldreda, Saint — • Queen of Northumbria, twice married for reasons of state, d. 679. Biography Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • ETHELDREDA —    a Saxon princess, whose name, shortened into St. Audrey, was given to a certain kind of lace, whence tawdry ; she took refuge from the married state in the monastery of St. Abb s Head, and afterwards founded a monastery in the Isle of Ely (630 …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • St Etheldreda's Church — St. Etheldreda s Church is located in Ely Place, off Charterhouse Street, Holborn, London. It is dedicated to Æthelthryth, or Etheldreda, an Anglo Saxon saint. It consists of a chapel, or Upper Church, and a crypt, or undercroft. It is the second …   Wikipedia

  • (St.) Etheldreda —    Chapel in Ely House built 1297, reopened for Roman Catholic worship in 1876, No. 15 Ely Place.    The only part of the Bishop s house now remaining (N. and Q. uth S. iii. 193) …   Dictionary of London

  • St. Ethelreda —     St. Etheldreda     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Etheldreda     Queen of Northumbria; born (probably) about 630; died at Ely, 23 June, 679. While still very young she was given in marriage by her father, Anna, King of East Anglia, to a… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Ealdwulf of East Anglia — Ealdwulf or Aldwulf was King of East Anglia from 663 to c. 713.Ealdwulf s reign of forty nine years was extraordinary in length: only Æthelberht of Kent s (c 560 616), Ethelbald of Mercia s (716 757) and Offa of Mercia s (757 796) are comparable …   Wikipedia

  • Histon and Impington — Coordinates: 52°15′13″N 0°06′15″E / 52.25358°N 0.10429°E / 52.25358; 0.10429 …   Wikipedia

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