Leofrun

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Leofrun
Title
Catholicism
Senior posting
Based inEngland
Period in office11th century

Leofrun (sometimes called Leofryn

Benedictine abbey for nuns.[3]

In 1011 Leofrun was captured by the Danes, along with

Godwine the Bishop of Rochester after the Danes had successfully laid siege to the town of Canterbury.[4]

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry for 1011 records that Leofrun was captured, but does not specify what her fate was. A later chronicler, John of Worcester, records the name of her house.[2] The E and F versions of the Chronicle record her as "Abbot Leofwine", but the C and D versions have her as "Abbess Leofrun".[5]

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