Feastday: December 25
Death: 810
Abbess and foundress, born a princess in Wessex, England. The sister of King Egbert of Wessex, Alburga displayed piety at an early age. She was married to Wulfstan of Wiltshire as part of a political alliance. She founded Wilton Abbey while married to Wulfstan. Upon his death, Alburga retired to Wilton and became the abbess.
Æthelburh or Alburga of Wilton (died c.810) was abbess of Wilton and an Anglo-Saxon saint.
Alburga was the half-sister of Egbert, King of Wessex, and wife of Wulfstan, ealdorman of Wiltshire (also known as Weohstan).
On her husband's death in 802, she turned the college of canons which he had established in Wilton, Wiltshire, into a nunnery, where she died in about 810. Her feast is celebrated on 25 December.
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