Saint
Ermenburga of Minster
Saint of Minster, who reposed in the 7th century, venerated in the Western Church.
- Reposed
- 6957th century
- Place
- Minster
Life
Ermenburga of Minster (also called Domneva) was an English nun, born in Kent and died after 695 at Minster-in-Thanet, near Ramsgate. The name means "great protector" in Old High German. Our sources mention no particular feast day or veneration.
She is said to have been the eldest daughter of King Eormenred of Kent. She married Merewald of the Magonsæte, in western Mercia, and they had four children: Merefin, who died young, Mildburg of Wenlock, Mildrith of Minster and Midgytha. After her husband's death and the murder of her two brothers, following a dispute with Egbert of Kent, she demanded and received from him, instead of the usual wergild, land for the founding of the monastery of Minster-in-Thanet.