Wednesday, November 13, 2019

SAINT KYNEBURGA, SAINT KYNESWIDE, SAINT TIBBA

St. Kyneburga, Kyneswide, & Tibba
Cyneburga (Kyneburga), Cyneswide (Kuneswide), & Tibba (AC)
Feast day: March 6
Death: 680

Cyneburga and Cyneswide were daughters of Penda, the pagan king of Mercia who fiercely opposed Christianity. Cyneburga married a Northumbrian prince and later became abbess-founder of Dormancaster now Castor in Northamptonshire, and was succeeded by her sister as abbess. Tibba was their near kinswoman, who joined them in the convent. Their relics were enshrined in the abbey of Peterborough, where the trio are particularly venerated 

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