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Saint Etheldreda's statue in Ely Cathedral. Etheldreda is remembered in the Church of England with a Lesser Festival on 17 October according to Book of Common Prayer tradition, [11] and alternatively 23 June in the Common Worship calendar of Saints. [12] St Etheldreda's Church in Ely Place in Holborn is dedicated to the saint.
Cunningham had liberal views on marriage. He made St Etheldreda's a popular place for weddings – partly because of its historic beauty, but also because his relaxed approach to marriage preparation, devoid of any embarrassing discussions about the couple's current domestic arrangements; he was willing to bless the second marriages of divorcees, against Church teaching. [1]
St Etheldreda's Church is a Catholic church in Ely Place, off Charterhouse Street in Holborn, London. The building is one of only two surviving in London from the reign of Edward I, and dates from between 1250 and 1290. It is dedicated to Æthelthryth, or Etheldreda, the Anglo-Saxon saint who founded the monastery at Ely in 673.
O most merciful redeemer, friend and brother, may I know thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, and follow thee more nearly, day by day. Amen." – Prayer of St. Richard
St Etheldreda's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.It is part of the Diocese of East Anglia within the Province of Westminster.. The church notably contains the national shrine and relics of St Etheldreda, an Anglo-Saxon queen and abbess who died on 23 June AD 679 and went on to become one of the most popular of the medieval saints in England. [1]
The nave has north and south aisles with a clerestory; at the east end there is a vestry on the south side and a Lady chapel, formerly used by the sisters of St Anthony's convent, on the north side. The approximately 75-foot (23 m) tower has diagonal buttresses, a stair turret with a pinnacle , and a trefoil balustrade with small pinnacles; the ...
Etheldreda was present at the coronation of Elizabeth I on 15 January 1559 and she died that same month. Her husband remarried within two months of her death. She may have died at St Catherine's Court, her residence near Bath, and perhaps lies buried in the church next door, but this is conjectural, as the church records for the period have ...
Ethelreda, Etheldreda or Ethreda was a daughter of Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria remembered in 13th century Cumberland as the mother of William fitz Duncan. She married Duncan II , King of Scots. Ethelreda was Queen of Scots for about six months in 1094, until Duncan's death on 12 November 1094.