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Saint Mildgyth
Abbess
BornUnknown
Died676
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
CanonizedPre-Congregation
Feast17 January

Saint Mildgyth (or Mildgytha) (Old English: Mildgȳð) (died 676) was the youngest daughter of Merewalh, king of Mercia and Saint Eormenburh.[1] She was the youngest sister of Saint Mildburh of Wenlock and Saint Mildrith.[2] The three sisters have been likened to the three theological virtues: Mildburh to faith, Mildgyth to hope, and Mildrith to charity.[3]

She was a Benedictine nun and later abbess of a Northumbrian convent. All that is known of St Mildgytha was that she was a nun and that “miraculous powers were often exhibited” at her tomb in Northumbria.[4] She seems to have died long before her sisters, while still quite young, which may account for so little mention of her.[3]

Her feast day is 17 January.

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