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Modwenna, or Modwen, was a nun and
saint in England, who
founded Burton Abbey in
Staffordshire in the 7th century.
According to the
medieval Life of St...
- was safe with
Modwenna who was not
expecting her visit. On the
third day, Edith,
wondering that her
pupil had not returned, went to
Modwenna. The abbesses...
- of the
Diocese of Lichfield. The
church is
dedicated to St Modwen, or
Modwenna, a nun who
founded an
abbey at
Burton in the 7th century. It
replaced the...
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story that, in his childhood, he was sent to
Ireland to be
healed by
Saint Modwenna may show Alfred's
interest in that island. In the 880s, at the same time...
- 1964) The
Honorable Thomas Fletcher Rees-Mogg (born 1966), who
married Modwenna Northcote in 1996. The
couple have four children. The
Right Honorable Sir...
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Monenna results from a
later confusion of
early Christian figures,
including Modwenna and Moninne. The
first record of
Stirling Castle dates from
around 1110...
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Saint Moninne or
Blinne of
Killeavy was one of Ireland's
early female saints.
After instruction in the
religious life, she
founded a community, initially...
- to St Andrew. The
island is ****ociated with the
legend of St
Modwen or
Modwenna, an
Irish abbess. It is
likely that any
surviving religious house would...
- Staffordshire, England, was
founded in the 7th or 9th
century by St
Modwen or
Modwenna. It was
refounded in 1003 as a
Benedictine abbey by the
thegn Wulfric Spott...
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founded a convent, was
named for her. She is
sometimes confused with St.
Modwenna of Whitby,
although there is no
evidence supporting it. Butler,
Alban (1812)...
