TODAY'S SAINT: JULY 7: ST. ETHELBURGA

St. Ethelburga

ABBESS

Feast: July 7

Information: Feast Day: July 7 Died: 664 at Faremoutier, France

English abbess of a monastery in France, the daughter of Anna, king of the East Angles. Ethelburga accompanied her half sister, Sethrida, to France to become a nun under the direction of St. Burgundofara. They spent the remainder of thier lives in prayer.

SOURCE: http://www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/E/stethelburga.asp#ixzz1RQDMmieu