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Bronze Plaque of Saint Milded At The Minster Abbey Created By Concordia Scott Osb 1863 Photographed On 20 June 2013 By MumS Taxi

Saint Mildred of Thanet

Also known as: Mildred von Minster; Mildthryth…

Saint

Feast Day

July 13

Canonized

1388 by Pope Urban VI

Biography

Saint Mildred of Thanet (c. 650–c. 720), daughter of Merewalh, King of Mercia, and Saint Ermenburga of Thanet, was a revered Benedictine nun and abbess whose life embodied profound devotion and service. Born into nobility, she was educated at the convent school of Chelles near Paris, France. Rejecting a royal marriage proposal, she entered the convent of Minster on the Isle of Thanet, a community founded by her mother, which remains

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