Wulfthryth of Wilton

Wilfrida also known as Wulfthryth, was a 10th-century Catholic female saint and Abbess from Anglo-Saxon England who was venerated locally in Wiltshire.

Wulfthryth is known to history through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript,John of Worcester’s Chronicle, William of Malmesbury,Osburn’s uita of Dunstan, the vita of St Wulfthryth found in The Wilton Chronicle, A Royal Charter of King Edgar to Wulfthryth, and the Vita Edithae by Goscelin. The medieval source record her as living an exemplary life of sanctity and virtue and her virtues were often contrasted to the machinations of Edgar’s second (third?) wife, Aethelthryth.

Wilfrida was a noble woman, a cousin of Wulfhild, born about 937AD, whom King Edgar of England carried off from the nunnery at Wilton Abbey and took to his residence at Kemsing, near Sevenoaks. While at Sevenoaks, Wulfthryth gave birth to a daughter, Edith.

After at least a year, Wulfthryth returned to Wilton Abbey, taking Edith with her. She later became head of the abbey and outlived her daughter.

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