Person:Seaxburh of Ely (1)
Saint Seaxburh of Ely
b.Abt 625 East Anglia, England
d.Abt 699
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Withburga _____ - 743
  2. Saint Seaxburh of ElyAbt 625 - Abt 699
  3. Æthelburg of Faremoutiers - 664
  4. Æthelthryth _____Abt 636 - 679
Spouse and Children
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m. 640
  1. Ermenilda of ElyAbt 640 - 698
  2. Ecgberht of KentAbt 642 - 673
  3. Hlothhere of KentAbt 645 - 685
  4. _____ St EarcongotaAbt 648 -
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Facts and Events
Name Saint Seaxburh of Ely
Alt Name Sexburga _____
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 625 East Anglia, England
Marriage 640 to Eorcenberht of Kent
Death[1] Abt 699
Burial? Ely Abbey, Isle of Ely, England
Reference Number? Q269875?

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Seaxburh, also Saint Sexburga of Ely (died about 699) was a Queen as well as an abbess, and is a saint of the Christian Church. She was married to King Eorcenberht of Kent.

After her husband's death in 664, Seaxburh remained in Kent to bring up her children. She acted as regent until her young son Ecgberht came of age.

Seaxburh founded the abbeys at Milton Regis and Minster-in-Sheppey where her daughter Ermenilda was also a nun. She moved to the double monastery at Ely where her sister Æthelthryth was abbess and succeeded her when Æthelthryth died in 679.

According to Bede, in 695, Seaxburh organised the movement (or translation) of Æthelthryth's remains to a marble sarcophagus, after they had lain for sixteen years in a common grave. On opening the grave, it was discovered that her body was miraculously preserved. The legend is described in Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, which celebrates the saintly virtues of Æthelthryth, but speaks less highly of Seaxburh, referring only to her marriage, succession as abbess and translation of her sister's relics. The date of Seaxburh's death at Ely is not known. The surviving versions of the Vita Sexburge, compiled after 1106, describe her early life, marriage to Eorcenberht, retirement from secular life and her final years as a nun and abbess at Ely.

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References
  1. ↑ Seaxburh of Ely, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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