Saint Hilda
Standard Name: Hilda, Saint
Used Form: St Hilda
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Hrotsvit of Gandersheim | HG, a Roman Catholic
nun, was a Saxon, that is in modern terms a German. However, the first English scholar to discover her, Laurence Humfrey
in the sixteenth century, so much wanted her to be... |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Monica Furlong | MF
had told the story of this community (in which she had played a central role) in 2001 in The Ecumenical Review under the title The St Hilda Community—narrative of a group which supports female... |
| Textual Features | Clara Reeve | Edwin or Eadwine, the Christian claimant to a contested kingdom, spent his youth in wandering, took his throne after fierce military struggle, ruled many years in peace, and died fighting against heavy odds in 633... |
Timeline
657: Saint Hilda became the first abbess of the...
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657
Saint Hilda
became the first abbess of the double monastery of Whitby in Yorkshire.
17 November 680: Saint Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, died after...
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17 November 680
Saint Hilda
, Abbess of Whitby, died after a lifetime of religious leadership whose high points included establishing a double monastery at Whitby in 657 and hosting the Synod of Whitby in 664.
February 1987: The St Hilda Community, activists for Anglican...
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February 1987
The St Hilda Community
, activists for Anglican
women's ordination, held its first Eucharist service in the student chapel of Queen Mary College
, London, celebrated by an ordained American, Suzanne Fageol
.
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