Ermenilda of Ely
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Saint Ermenilda of Ely | |
|---|---|
| Abbess | |
| Born | Eormenhild |
| Died | c. 700/703 |
| Feast | 13 February |
Saint Eormenhild (or Ermenilda, Ermenildis, Ermengild, all meaning "battle-great", from eormen- "great", hild- "battle") (died about 700/703) is a 7th-century
Roman Catholic
churches.
Life
She features in the genealogies of various 11th- and 12th-century versions of the
Coenred. Eormenhild became a nun after her husband died in 675. In due course, she became abbess of Minster-in-Sheppey, which her mother had founded.[2] Later, she became abbess of Ely
.
There are almost no contemporary records for her life. When discussing Wulfhere, Bede mentions neither she nor her daughter Wærburh. However, her name is mentioned as an abbess in a (copy of a) charter of King Wihtred of Kent, dated 699, along with three other abbesses present at the occasion when the charter was issued: "Irminburga, Aeaba et Nerienda".[3]
Her feast day is 13 February.
References
- ^ Casanova, Gertrude. "St. Werburgh." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 4 Dec. 2013
- ^ Farmer, D. (2011). p 149 in: Oxford Dictionary of Saints. Oxford University Press. Fifth Ed Revd.
- ^ Sawyer no. 20
Primary sources
- Charter of King Wihtred, Sawyer no. 20 (AD 699)
- The Kentish Royal Legend, also known as Þá hálgan (Cambridge, CCC, MS 201,), ed. Felix Liebermann, Die Heiligen Englands. Hanover, 1889. 1–10. Edition transcribed by Alaric Hall.
- Kentish Royal Legend / Þá hálgan (London, Lambeth Palace 427, f. 211), transcribed by Alaric Hall
- Anonymous Old English Life of St. Mildrith (Caligula), ed. and tr. Oswald Cockayne, Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England, vol. 3. London, 1866. 422-9 (Caligula), 428-32 (MS Lambeth Palace). Caligula text partially transcribed by Alaric Hall and Cockayne's volume available as PDF from Google Books.
- Goscelin, Vita Deo delectae virginis Mildrethae, 11th century. Published in Latin, in Rollason, D, (1982) The Mildrith Legend, Leicester University Press.
- Charter of King Cnut, Sawyer no. 958(AD 1022), possibly a forgery.
- Goscelin, Lectiones in natale S. Eormenhilde, ed. and tr. Rosalind C. Love, Goscelin of Saint-Bertin. The Hagiography of the Female Saints of Ely. OMT. Oxford, 2004. 11 ff.
- Liber Eliensis, ed. E.O. Blake, Liber Eliensis. Camden Society 3.92. London, 1962; tr. J. Fairweather. Liber Eliensis. A History of the Isle of Ely from the Seventh Century to the Twelfth. Woodbridge, 2005.
