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Saint Hilda of Whitby
November 17th VII century Abadesa
Whitby, Nortumbria, St. Hilda, Abbess, who, after embracing the faith and receive the sacraments of Christ, placed at the head of his monastery, both surrendered to the formation of the monks and nuns in the regular life, to the maintenance of peace and harmony, to work and to the reading of the divine Scriptures, who seemed to perform heavenly tasks on Earth.
- Name
- Hilda (Femenino)
- Meaning
- Guerrera, from Germano
- Other saints
- Other saints named Hilda
- Born
- en Northumbria, in current United kingdom
- Dead
- in Northumbria, in current United kingdom
- Celebration
- November 17th