O God of peace, by whose grace the abbess Hilda was endowed with gifts of justice, prudence, and strength to rule as a wise mother over the nuns and monks of her household: Raise up these gifts in us, that we, following her example and prayers, might build up one another in love to the benefit of thy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
St Hilda of Whitby was abbess of a double monastery, with both men and women. Bede tells her story. In 664 the Synod of Whitby set the course for the Church of the future, in full union with Rome. pic.twitter.com/1dGXLdu9wX
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