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Mildgyth
Saint Mildgyth (or Mildgytha) () (died 676) was the youngest daughter of Merewalh, king of Mercia and Saint Eormenburh. She was the youngest sister of Saint Mildburh of Wenlock and Saint Mildrith. The three sisters have been likened to the three theological virtues: Mildburh to faith, Mildgyth to hope, and Mildrith to charity.
She was a Benedictine nun and later abbess of a Northumbrian convent. All that is known of St Mildgytha was that she was a nun and that “miraculous powers were
Kent, and as such appearing in the so-called Kentish Royal Legend.
Her sisters Mildburh (Saint Milburga of Much Wenlock) and Mildgytha (Saint Mildgyth) were also considered saints, and Mildrith, along with her extended family, features in the Kentish Royal Legend (also known as the "Mildrith Legend"). Goscelin wrote a hagiography of Mildrith, the "Vita Mildrethae" in the 11th century. The "Nova Legenda Anglie" of 1516 gives an extensive account of her life.
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