Æthelburg 3 (Female) Abbess of Barking and sister of Eorcenwald 1
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Notes: BDDAB, p. 20; CDNB 1:944; DNB 18:19 = 6:883; Marios Costambeys, ?Æthelburh (fl. 664)?, ODNB.

Factoid List

Recorded Name (5)
... Aedilburgae (1)
 Bede.HE  iv.6
... Aedilburgi (1)
 Bede.HE  iv.10
Aedilburga (1)
 Bede.HE  iv.9
Hedil[b]urge (1)
 S1171   
Æðylburh (1)
 OEMart  228
Personal Information (5)
piety (2)
 Bede.HE  iv.6 (she had a sound and devote care of those who were under her rule)
 Bede.HE  iv.9 (beloved of God)
saintly status (3)
 OEMart  228 (holy)
 OEMart  228 (Saint Æthelburg 3)
 RestingPlaces  II.23 (saint)
Office (6)
Abbess (6)
 Bede.HE  iv.6
 Bede.HE  iv.7
 Bede.HE  iv.9
 Bede.HE  iv.10
 S1171    (Abbess of Barking)
 OEMart  228
Status (1)
Noble (1)
 OEMart  228
Personal Relationship (4)
~ Brother (Consanguineal kinship) of Æthelburg 3 (1)
 Eorcenwald 1: of Æthelburg 3: Bede.HE  iv.6
Æthelburg 3 Sister (Consanguineal kinship) of ~ (2)
 of Eorcenwald 1: Bede.HE  iv.6
 of Eorcenwald 1: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.73.11
~ Successor (General relationship) of Æthelburg 3 (1)
 Hildelith 1: of Æthelburg 3: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.73.13
Event (12)
Appointment - ecclesiastical (1)
 Eorcenwald 1.building Barking: [Eorcenwald 1's] sister's convent is called barking. It is situated to one side of London, at eight miles' distance. Closely associated with Æthelburg 3 in sanctity and power are Hildelith 1, her immediate successor (to whom was sent St Aldhelm 3's still extant book in praise of virgins), and Wulfhild 2, almost a modern, who came a few years before the times of King Edgar 11.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.73.13
Book circulating/making/reading/translating/writing (1)
 Eorcenwald 1.building Barking: [Eorcenwald 1's] sister's convent is called barking. It is situated to one side of London, at eight miles' distance. Closely associated with Æthelburg 3 in sanctity and power are Hildelith 1, her immediate successor (to whom was sent St Aldhelm 3's still extant book in praise of virgins), and Wulfhild 2, almost a modern, who came a few years before the times of King Edgar 11.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.73.13
Burial (1)
 Æthelburg 3.burial: St Æthelburg 3 rests at the monastery of Barking near the Thames.: RestingPlaces  II.23
Charter-witnessing (1)
 S1171 - Æthelred 4 granting land to Æthelburg 3: Hodilredus (Æthelred 4) to Hedilburg (Æthelburg 3), abbess, for her minster called Beddanhaam (Barking); grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Ricingahaam, Budinhaam, Dagenham, Angenlabeshaam and Widmundes felt (Wyfields in Great Ilford), all probably in Essex: S1171    (685 x 693)
Church-going (1)
 Æthelburg 3.post-mortem miracle for Anonymous 249: Anonymous 249 asked to be carried in the church and placed in the attitude of prayer. She asked Æthelburg 3 to plead on her behalf the Creator that she might be delivered from the cruel tortures of her disease.: Bede.HE  iv.9
Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration (3)
 Eorcenwald 1.building Barking: [Eorcenwald 1's] sister's convent is called barking. It is situated to one side of London, at eight miles' distance. Closely associated with Æthelburg 3 in sanctity and power are Hildelith 1, her immediate successor (to whom was sent St Aldhelm 3's still extant book in praise of virgins), and Wulfhild 2, almost a modern, who came a few years before the times of King Edgar 11.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.73.13
 Eorcenwald 1.foundation of religious houses: Eorcenwald 1 founded two famous monasteries, one for himself and one for his sister Æthelburg 3, and established an excellent form of monastic Rule: Bede.HE  iv.6
 Æthelburg 3.foundation of mynster for women at Barking: Æthelburg 3 established a mynster for women in Britain called Barking.: OEMart  228
Death/dying (1)
 Æthelburg 3.death: Æthelburg 3 died on the eleventh day of the month [of October].: OEMart  228
Dreaming/seeing vision/revelation (1)
 Anonymous 460.vision of soul of Æthelburg 3 being dragged to heaven: A woman (Anonymous 460) saw the soul of Æthelburg 3 being drawn to heaven by golden chains.: OEMart  228
Grant and Gift (2)
 S1171 - Æthelred 4 granting land to Æthelburg 3: Hodilredus (Æthelred 4) to Hedilburg (Æthelburg 3), abbess, for her minster called Beddanhaam (Barking); grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Ricingahaam, Budinhaam, Dagenham, Angenlabeshaam and Widmundes felt (Wyfields in Great Ilford), all probably in Essex: S1171    (685 x 693)
 Æthelred 4.granting land to Æthelburg 3 S1171: Æthelred 4 to Æthelburg 3, abbess, for her minster called Beddanhaam (Barking); grant of 40 hides (manentes) at Ricingahaam, Budinhaam, Dagenham, Angenlabeshaam and Widmundes felt (Wyfields in Great Ilford), all probably in Essex: S1171    (685 x 693)
Illness/demonic seizure/madness (1)
 Æthelburg 3.post-mortem miracle for Anonymous 249: Anonymous 249 asked to be carried in the church and placed in the attitude of prayer. She asked Æthelburg 3 to plead on her behalf the Creator that she might be delivered from the cruel tortures of her disease.: Bede.HE  iv.9
Invention/authorisation of relics (1)
 Æthelburg 3.miracle of light: After Æthelburg 3 enquired with the female members of her monastery about the spot in which they would have liked to be buried, a resplendent light appeared from heaven and moved to the south side of the monastery, pointing out the spot where the bodies were to rest.: Bede.HE  iv.7
Miracle (2)
 Æthelburg 3.miracle of light: After Æthelburg 3 enquired with the female members of her monastery about the spot in which they would have liked to be buried, a resplendent light appeared from heaven and moved to the south side of the monastery, pointing out the spot where the bodies were to rest.: Bede.HE  iv.7
 Æthelburg 3.post-mortem miracle for Anonymous 249: Anonymous 249 asked to be carried in the church and placed in the attitude of prayer. She asked Æthelburg 3 to plead on her behalf the Creator that she might be delivered from the cruel tortures of her disease.: Bede.HE  iv.9
Praying (1)
 Æthelburg 3.post-mortem miracle for Anonymous 249: Anonymous 249 asked to be carried in the church and placed in the attitude of prayer. She asked Æthelburg 3 to plead on her behalf the Creator that she might be delivered from the cruel tortures of her disease.: Bede.HE  iv.9
Religious practice (1)
 Eorcenwald 1.foundation of religious houses: Eorcenwald 1 founded two famous monasteries, one for himself and one for his sister Æthelburg 3, and established an excellent form of monastic Rule: Bede.HE  iv.6
Request (1)
 Æthelburg 3.post-mortem miracle for Anonymous 249: Anonymous 249 asked to be carried in the church and placed in the attitude of prayer. She asked Æthelburg 3 to plead on her behalf the Creator that she might be delivered from the cruel tortures of her disease.: Bede.HE  iv.9