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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
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
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

13 July; 18 May (translation of relics); 20 February (translation of relics)

Died

C.700 of natural causes; relics first enshrined at Canterbury, England; relics translated to Deventer, the Netherlands; part of the relics have been translated to Minster, England

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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