Venerable (Monastic) · 7th century
Saint Eanswythe Abbess of Folkestone
Also known as Eanswith
A daughter of King Eadbald of Kent who became a nun and abbess at Folkestone, venerated as an early English monastic woman.
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Notes
Pre-schism Western saint.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints