Feastday: March 24
Death: 712
Benedictine abbess and supporter of Sts. Bede, Aldhelm, and Boniface. An Anglo Saxon princess, she became a nun at Chelles or Farmoutier. France, but was recalled by St. Erconwald to train her sister, Ethelburga, at Barking, England. When Ethelburga died, Hildelitha succeeded her. She is also called Hildilid and Hideltha.
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