Seaxburh atau Sexburga dari Ely († skt. 699 atau 700), adalah seorang putri dan abdis Anglo-Saxon, seorang santa Kristen.

Biografi

Seaxburh adalah putri Raja Anna dari Anglia Timur, putra Eni dari Anglia Timur, yang bertakhta di Kerajaan Anglia Timur dari awal 640-an dan dibunuh bersama putranya Jurmin di Pertempuran Bulcamp pada 653 atau 654. Seaxburh adalah saudara perempuan Æthelthryth, Æthelburh, Wihtburh, Sæthryth dan Uskup London Earconwald. Dia menikah dengan Eorcenberht, Raja Kent. Dia adalah ibunda dari raja-raja Kent Ecgberht dan Hlothhere, dan Santa Ermenilda dan Eorcengota. Setelah kematian suaminya akibat wabah pes pada 14 Juli 664, ia menjadi biarawati dan mendirikan biara Minster-in-Sheppey di Pulau Sheppey sebelum bergabung dengan saudara perempuannya Æthelthryth di Ely. Pada 679, ia menjadi abdis Ely setelah kematian saudara perempuannya. Dia adalah orang kudus Kristen, dirayakan pada 6 Juli.

Catatan dan referensi

Sumber

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Pranala luar

Seaxburg 1 di Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England Abbey Church of The Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Sexburgha Diarsipkan 2017-12-24 di Wayback Machine. Alaric Hall's page, A Life of Saint Mildrith, which contains the Old English version of the Mildrith legend known as Þá hálgan, or the Kentish Royal Legend. A page on the Mediaeval Wall Painting in the English Parish Church website depicts two 13th century paintings at Willingham, Cambridgeshire, of Æthelthryth and an unknown saint, conjectured to be an image of Seaxburh.