ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 8th of September
ETHELBURGA, QUEEN
Ethelburga was the wife of King Edevinus of Northumberland (Edwin of Northumbria). After the king's death the holy widow went to live at Lyming Abbey in Kent. After a godly life she also found her resting place there. (Sept. III. 206. Oct. II. 325)
Ethelburga is also remembered on September 7, October 4, and October 12.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 94)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org
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