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Athelits, abbess of St. Mary at Romsey

Overview

Title social-status
abbess of St. Mary at Romsey
Date of Birth
11th century
Date of Death
12th century

Biography

Athelits was one of many Anglo-Saxon ladies, women of noble birth who went into religious life after the Norman invasion. Romsey was a royal Benedictine house founded in the tenth century.

Letters to Athelits, abbess of St. Mary at Romsey

A letter from Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury (1102)
A letter from Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury (1103)