United Kingdom
England
South East England
Kent
Shepway
Lyminge
St Mary and St Ethelburga Church, Lyminge
United Kingdom
England
South East England
Kent
Shepway
Lyminge
St Mary and St Ethelburga Church, Lyminge
Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 20 hikers
This Highlight is in a protected area
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Ethelburga, daughter of King Ethelbert and Queen Bertha of Kent, married Edwin, King of Northumbria in 625. By her influence he was converted and baptised at the place where York Minster now stands. But he was killed in battle against “the heathen” in 633, and Queen Ethelburga fled for safety to Kent. Her brother, now King Eadbald, gave her a royal property in Lyminge. Queen Ethelburga founded here a double minster or convent for men and women, becoming the first Abbess.
When Ethelburga died in 647, she was regarded as a Saint and her remains were placed in the northern porticus of her church, which made the place a pilgrimage shrine.
December 4, 2021
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