Event: Monastic life, converting to/joining/oblation
Æthelthryth 2
.religious habit
Asserted in:
Bede.HE
iv.19
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Scholarly Info
Description
Æthelthryth 2
received the veil and a habit of a nun from
Wilfrid 2
.
Primary Source Info
Original Text
accepto uelamine sanctimonialis habitu
Date from Source
After
Æthelthryth 2
had been asking
Ecgfrith 4
for a long time to allow her to relinquish the affairs of the world.
Persons associated with this Event:
Recipient
:
Æthelthryth 2
(
Saint, d. 679; Abbess of Ely; Queen of Northumbria
)
Agent
:
Wilfrid 2
(
Bishop of York and Saint, d.709
)
(Other)
:
Ecgfrith 4
(
King of the Northumbrians, 670-685
) : He gave his permission
Locations associated with this Event:
Coldingham: (
Monasterium
), now
Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland