Heavenly Father, who bestowed such grace upon your servant Æthelthryth that she gave herself fully to a life of prayer and devoted service: grant that we, like her, may so live our lives on earth seeking your kingdom, that by your guiding we may be joined to the glorious fellowship of your saints in light; through Jesus Christ our Lord who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.
June 23: Feast of Æthelthryth (†679), virgin. Queen of the Northumbrians, then nun at Coludaesburg (Coldingham) and finally founder-abbess of the double monastery at Ely, where her shrine became a place of pilgrimage. She died of a neck tumour. Her sister Sexburg succeeded her. pic.twitter.com/S73LcaHQrm
— North Ages (@NorthAges) June 23, 2026
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