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
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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