Osyth

Osyth

female, deceased (653)
Christian martyr of the Medieval era, Buckinghamshire, anglo-saxon, dane, viking, paganism…abbess
Osyth or Osith (died 653 AD) was an English saint. She is primarily commemorated in the village of St. Osyth, Essex, near Colchester. Alternative...
Frideswide

Frideswide

female, deceased (727)
St Frideswide's Priory, Christianity in Oxford, Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia, From Oxfordshire, Old English, relic…abbess
Saint Frideswide was (according to legend) daughter of King Didan and Safrida. She founded a church near Oxford, but Prince Alfgar of Mercia...
Brigid Of Kildare

Brigid Of Kildare

female, deceased (525)
House of Douglas and Angus, Western Christianity, Medieval Gael, Eastern Christianity, Brigid of Ireland, eastern orthodox…abbess
Saint Brigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland (fl. 451 – 525) was an Irish Christian nun, abbess, and founder of several convents venerated as sa...

Winefride

female
Shrewsbury, 7th century, Holywell, Denbighshire, abbess, Late Middle Ages
Saint Winefride (also called in her native Welsh Gwenfrewy; in modern English Winifred and various variations) was the 7th century daughter of the...
Laurentia McLachlan

Laurentia McLachlan

female, deceased (1953)
Roman Catholic, Stanbrook Abbey, Scottish, Hampstead Theatre, British, from North Lanarkshire…abbess
Dame Laurentia McLachlan was born Margaret McLachlan in 1866 in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1884 she joined the Benedictine Abbey at...

Mildrith

female
canterbury, Saint, anglo-saxon, merovingian, gaul, translated…abbess, Eadburg, Abbess of Minster-in-Thanet
Saint Mildrith, also Mildryth or Mildred, was an Anglo-Saxon abbess. Mildrith was the daughter of King Merewalh of Magonsaete, a sub-kingdom of...
Fastrada

Fastrada

female, deceased (794)
Leland Palmer, Saxons, pippin, Saxon Wars, saxon, Franks…abbess
Fastrada (765-794) was the daughter of a Saxon count in Lower Saxony. Together with other Saxon women, she allegedly threw herself barebreasted...

Theodrada

male, 1225 years old
argenteuil, abbess, Frankish women
Theodrada (b. 784), Abbess of Argenteuil was a daughter of Charlemagne (742-814) and his fourth wife Fastrada. First daughter of Charlemagne...
Herrad Of Landsberg

Herrad Of Landsberg

female, deceased (1195)
Manuscript illuminators, from Alsace, noble, strasbourg, author, nun…abbess
Herrad of Landsberg (c.1130 - July 25 1195) was a 12th century Alsatian nun and abbess of Hohenburg Abbey in the Vosges mountains. She is known as...

Yim Wing-Chun

female
shaolin temple, bullying, Chinese Wing Chun practitioner, sexually abuse, abbess, Shaolin
Yim Wing-chun is a historical character, often cited in Wing Chun legends as the first Wing Chun master. A Shaolin nun and abbess Ng Mui...