31 August ~ St. Cuthburga
Queen and first Abbess of Wimborne. Died c. 725.St. Cuthburga was the daughter of Prince Coenred, a second-cousin of Caedwalla, King of Wessex. Her brothers wer...
Tag: Western Orthodox Saints
31 August ~ St. Eanswythe
A Saxon princess who founded a nunnery on the coast nearFolkestone,Kent. She was grand-daughter of King Saint Aethelbert. She is also known as Eanswida, Eanswi...
26 May ~ Augustine of Canterbury
He is the founder of the Church in southern England, which at that time was almost entirely pagan, though Christianity thrived in the Celtic lands of Ireland, W...
11 March ~ St. Constantine of Scotland, King & Martyr
He died in 576. Constantine was a king of Cornwall, the son of Padeon, whose conversion probably dates from a confrontation with St. Petroc who was sheltering a...
25 August ~ St. Hilda, Abbess of Whitby
Abbess of Whitby. Born in Northumbria in 614; died at Whitby in 680. Hilda was a grandniece of King Edwin of Northumbria and daughter of Hereric. Hild is her co...
18 March ~ Edward the Martyr
The holy and right-believing King Edward the Martyr (c. 962 – March 18, 978/979) succeeded his father Edgar of England as King of England in 975, but was murder...
3 March ~ St. Non of Wales
Non (also Nonna or Nonnita) was, according to Christian tradition, the mother of Saint David (Dewi Sant), the patron saint of Wales… Her legend states tha...
2 March ~ St. Chad of Lichfield
Our father among the saints Chad of Lichfield and Mercia (+672) also called St. Caedda was a missionary, bishop, healer, and wonderworker who spread the Orthodo...
1 March ~ St. David of Wales
Patron of Wales. Bishop and Confessor. Also known as Degui and Dewi. He is usually represented standing on a little hill, with a dove on his shoulder. The earli...
8 February ~ Cuthman of Steyning
He was born around 681 possibly in Devon or Cornwall, or more probably in Chidham near Bosham, about 25 miles from Steyning. His life was one of simple filial p...