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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Ethelgiva of Shaftesbury

Abbess of Shaftesbury

Daughter of King Alfred the Great and abbess of Shaftesbury, who reposed around 896.

Feast
December 9old style December 22
Reposed
8969th century
Place
Shaftesbury
Order
Venerables

Life

Saint Ethelgiva of Shaftesbury (Æthelgifu) was the daughter of King Alfred the Great and the first abbess of Shaftesbury in England. She reposed around 896.

The sources give no other details. She is a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 9 December (New Calendar).

Commemorated the same day December 9