Edburga of Minster

Saint Edburga of Minster (Eadburh, Bugga) was abbess of Minster-⁠in-⁠Thanet in Kent, England, and reposed on 13 December 751.

According to one source she was the only daughter of King Centwine and Queen Engyth of Wessex; another thinks her more likely of the Kentish royal house, and the link with Bugga, daughter of Centwine, is not proved. She was a friend and student of Saint Mildred, abbess of the monastery, and was zealous in the pursuit of knowledge. In 716 she became a Benedictine nun there. She corresponded with Saint Boniface and Lullus, and Boniface addressed to her the famous vision of the monk of Wenlock. Around 733 she succeeded Saint Mildred as abbess and presided over about seventy nuns. She obtained royal charters for the abbey and built a new church of Saints Peter and Paul, in which she placed the relics of Saint Mildred. Her veneration was kept mainly at Lyminge; her relics were moved in 1085 by Archbishop Lanfranc to Canterbury.

She is a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 13 December (New Calendar).