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Frithuswith, commonly Frideswide (c. 650 – 19 October 727; Old English: Friðuswīþ), was an English princess and abbess. She is credited as the foundress of a monastery later incorporated into Christ Church, Oxford. She was the daughter of a sub-king of a Mercia named Dida of Eynsham whose lands occupied western … See more
The earliest narrative of the saint's life is the Life of Saint Frideswide (Latin: Vita sancte Frideswide) preserved in a manuscript from the early twelfth century, copied in the hand of John of Worcester. A longer adaptation of … See more
St Frideswide's Priory, a medieval Augustinian house (some of the buildings of which were incorporated into Christ Church, Oxford following the dissolution of the monasteries) … See more
• St Frideswide's Church, Oxford
• Frideswide Square in central Oxford
• Frithuwold of Chertsey, a purported ancestor of Frithuswith See moreFrithuswith is the patron saint of Oxford. She is also the patron saint of Oxford University, which was declared by the Archbishop of Canterbury Henry Chichele in 1440. Her feast day is 19 October, the traditional day of her death; the date of her translation is … See more
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