Eadfrith of Leominster

Eadfrith of Leominster also known as Eadridus (died 675) was a seventh century Catholic saint[1] from Anglo-Saxon England.[2] Although very little is known of his early life, he is an important figure in the process of Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England.Eadfrith came from Northumbria and worked as a missionary to the Hwicce kingdom and in 660 converted King Merewalh of the Hwicce, a contemporary (and possibly son)[3] of King Penda of Mercia.[7] This abbey was mentioned in the Domesday Book and was re-founded about 1139.[9] Eadfrith is known to history mainly through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript,[10] but also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle[11] and the Catalogus sanctorum pausantium in Anglia.
The (refounded) Priory Church building at Leominster
CatholicAnglo-Saxon EnglandChristianisationNorthumbriaHwicceMerewalhPenda of MerciaLeominster AbbeyReading AbbeyDomesday BookhagiographySecgan ManuscriptAnglo-Saxon ChronicleLeominsterfeast dayThe Oxford Dictionary of SaintsCambridge University PressKentish royal legendLeominster MinsterWayback MachineBritish Library