Æthelburg 3
(Female)
Abbess of Barking and sister of Eorcenwald 1
l vii
Notes: BDDAB, p. 20; CDNB 1:944; DNB 18:19 = 6:883; Marios Costambeys, ?Æthelburh (fl. 664)?, ODNB.
Factoid List
- Recorded Name (5)
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... Aedilburgae (1)
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Bede.HE iv.6
... Aedilburgi (1)
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Bede.HE iv.10
Aedilburga (1)
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Bede.HE iv.9
Hedil[b]urge (1)
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S1171
Æðylburh (1)
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OEMart 228
- Personal Information (5)
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piety (2)
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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)
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OEMart 228 (holy)
OEMart 228 (Saint Æthelburg 3)
RestingPlaces II.23 (saint)
- Office (6)
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Abbess (6)
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Bede.HE iv.6
Bede.HE iv.7
Bede.HE iv.9
Bede.HE iv.10
S1171 (Abbess of Barking)
OEMart 228
- Status (1)
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Noble (1)
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OEMart 228
- Personal Relationship (4)
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~ Brother (Consanguineal kinship) of Æthelburg 3 (1)
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Eorcenwald 1: of Æthelburg 3: Bede.HE iv.6
Æthelburg 3 Sister (Consanguineal kinship) of ~ (2)
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of Eorcenwald 1: Bede.HE iv.6
of Eorcenwald 1: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum ii.73.11
~ Successor (General relationship) of Æthelburg 3 (1)
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Hildelith 1: of Æthelburg 3: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum ii.73.13
- Event (12)
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Appointment - ecclesiastical (1)
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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)
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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)
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Æthelburg 3.burial: St Æthelburg 3 rests at the monastery of Barking near the Thames.: RestingPlaces II.23
Charter-witnessing (1)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Æthelburg 3.death: Æthelburg 3 died on the eleventh day of the month [of October].: OEMart 228
Dreaming/seeing vision/revelation (1)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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