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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER   Saints celebrated on the 11th of November WELCOME! SAINT AELFLEDA, WIDOW Saint Aelfleda (Elfleda) was a daughter of King Alfred in England and a nun at Gladstone Abbey in England. She was married to Æthelred, the son of the Mercian king, but left the world after his death and took up religious habit in a monastery. She died in A.D. 930. (El., Buc.) (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 53) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Aelfleda may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 8th of February WELCOME! SAINT ELFLEDA, ABBESS OF WHITBY ABBEY Elfleda, a daughter of  King Oswi of Northumberland and Saint Eanfleda , was dedicated to the Lord by her father from an early age. He also promised to donate lands for the founding of monasteries. These offerings he combined with fervent prayers for success in his military enterprises. The fortunes of war indeed turned to his favour. In the nunnery, his daughter Elfleda had the  abbess Hilda as teacher and governess, and succeeded her in office around 680 after her death as abbess of the monastery of Streaneshalch (later Prestby, now Whitby in Yorkshire), which she held until around 716. After a holy life, Elfleda fell asleep in the Lord and was buried at Whitby Abbey. This foundation  was destroyed by the Danes in the ninth century. During the reconstruction of the same at a later stage, the relics of Saint Elfleda were discovered and solemn...