Event: Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration
Æthelthryth 2
.founding Ely
Asserted in:
WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum
iv.183.2
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Scholarly Info
Description
Æthelthryth 2
was the first to found a house for nuns at Ely.
Primary Source Info
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Æthelthryth 2
(
Saint, d. 679; Abbess of Ely; Queen of Northumbria
)
Locations associated with this Event:
: (
Nunnery
), now
Ely, Cambridgeshire