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'''Hildelith of Barking''', also known as '''Hildelitha''', was an 8th-century [[Christian]] [[saint]],<ref>[[The Oxford Dictionary of Saints]]</ref> from [[Anglo-Saxon England]]. |
'''Hildelith of Barking''', also known as '''Hildelitha''', was an 8th-century [[Christian]] [[saint]],<ref>[[The Oxford Dictionary of Saints]]</ref> from [[Anglo-Saxon England]]. |
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Very little is known of her life; however, she is known to [[history]] mainly through the [[hagiography]] of the [[Secgan|Secgan Manuscript]],<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=stowe_ms_944_f029v Stowe MS 944], [[British Library]]</ref> and the ''Life of St Hildelith'' written in 1087 by the [[Medieval]] [[Benedictine]] [[hagiography|hagiographical writer]] [[Goscelin]].<ref>M.L. Colker, Lives of the female saints of [[Barking Abbey]], "Texts of Jocelyn of [[Canterbury]] which relate to the history of Barking Abbey." Studia Monastica 7.2 (1965). 383-460.</ref> She was abbess of the [[Barking Abbey|nunnery]] at [[Barking]] in [[England]],<ref>William Page & J. Horace Round, ed. (1907). 'Houses of Benedictine nuns: Abbey of Barking', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2. pp. 115–122.</ref> succeeding the role from the abbey's founder, [[Æthelburh of Barking]]. It is not known who replaced her as the next known abbess is [[Wulfhild of Norway]], three centuries later and just prior to the [[Norman Invasion]]. Hildelith was unique in that under her control the abbey acted as a [[double monastery]].<ref>Hollis, Stephanie. Anglo-Saxon Women and the Church: Sharing A Common Fate. Rochester: Boydell, 1992. p259.</ref> |
Very little is known of her life; however, she is known to [[history]] mainly through the [[hagiography]] of the [[Secgan|Secgan Manuscript]],<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=stowe_ms_944_f029v Stowe MS 944]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=Cyberbot II |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[British Library]]</ref> and the ''Life of St Hildelith'' written in 1087 by the [[Medieval]] [[Benedictine]] [[hagiography|hagiographical writer]] [[Goscelin]].<ref>M.L. Colker, Lives of the female saints of [[Barking Abbey]], "Texts of Jocelyn of [[Canterbury]] which relate to the history of Barking Abbey." Studia Monastica 7.2 (1965). 383-460.</ref> She was abbess of the [[Barking Abbey|nunnery]] at [[Barking]] in [[England]],<ref>William Page & J. Horace Round, ed. (1907). 'Houses of Benedictine nuns: Abbey of Barking', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2. pp. 115–122.</ref> succeeding the role from the abbey's founder, [[Æthelburh of Barking]]. It is not known who replaced her as the next known abbess is [[Wulfhild of Norway]], three centuries later and just prior to the [[Norman Invasion]]. Hildelith was unique in that under her control the abbey acted as a [[double monastery]].<ref>Hollis, Stephanie. Anglo-Saxon Women and the Church: Sharing A Common Fate. Rochester: Boydell, 1992. p259.</ref> |
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She was also the ''superior'' to [[Cwenburh]] of [[Wimborne]] prior to that saint's founding of [[Wimborne Minster (church)|Wimborne Abbey]]. She was abbess until about 700 [[anno Domini|AD]] and she died about 725 AD, being buried in [[Barking]]. |
She was also the ''superior'' to [[Cwenburh]] of [[Wimborne]] prior to that saint's founding of [[Wimborne Minster (church)|Wimborne Abbey]]. She was abbess until about 700 [[anno Domini|AD]] and she died about 725 AD, being buried in [[Barking]]. |
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Hildelith of Barking, also known as Hildelitha, was an 8th-century Christian saint,[1] from Anglo-Saxon England.
Very little is known of her life; however, she is known to history mainly through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript,[2] and the Life of St Hildelith written in 1087 by the Medieval Benedictine hagiographical writer Goscelin.[3] She was abbess of the nunneryatBarkinginEngland,[4] succeeding the role from the abbey's founder, Æthelburh of Barking. It is not known who replaced her as the next known abbess is Wulfhild of Norway, three centuries later and just prior to the Norman Invasion. Hildelith was unique in that under her control the abbey acted as a double monastery.[5]
She was also the superiortoCwenburhofWimborne prior to that saint's founding of Wimborne Abbey. She was abbess until about 700 AD and she died about 725 AD, being buried in Barking.
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