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Wulfhilda was the daughter of a Wessex nobleman named Wulfhelm. She was raised and educated by the Benedictine nuns of Wilton Abbey and joined their community when she came of age. Around 970, she was appointed as abbess of Barking Abbey by Edgar the Peaceful, [1] most likely to "repent of his lustful pursuit of her". [2]
Saint Wulfhilda (Wlfhildis) became abbess of Barking Abbey during the 10th century. Wulfhilda had grown up at Wilton Abbey, Wiltshire. King Edgar the Peaceful fell in love with Wulfhilda at Wilton, but she was committed to pursuing a religious life and spurned his advances, presents and offers of marriage. Eventually Edgar tried to entrap ...
- 1539
- Barking, London, London, England
- c. 666 AD
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Wulfhild, also spelled Wulfhilda or Wulfhilde, is a Germanic female name. Wulfhild (d. after 996) was an English nun, abbess of Barking and Horton. Wulfhild (1020 – 24 May 1071) was a Norwegian princess, daughter of King Olaf II of Norway and wife of Ordulf, Duke of Saxony.
St. Wulfhilda, Abbess of Barking (Died c.AD 990) Wulfhilda was brought up at Wilton Abbey in Wiltshire, where, it is siad, the King fell in love with her. It is generally said that this king was Edgar the Peaceable (though he is occasionally called Edward). Presents, messages, offers being of no avail, he gained over the lady's aunt, Abbess ...
Saint Wulfhilda was raised in the abbey of Wilton. When she was a novice, King Saint Edgar sought her hand in marriage, but she had a vocation that was irrevocable. Her aunt, Abbess Wenfleda of Wherwell, invited the young novice to become her successor, but it was just a ploy to lure her from Wilton.
Wulfhilda was an Anglo-Saxon nun from East Anglia who lived during the 9th century. An abbess from the Barking Abbey, Wulfhilda was unlike her colleagues who resented the local presence of the Norse, whom they dubbed "heathens" for not practicing Christianity. Despite this, her colleagues tolerated her beliefs, and it was for this reason that the bishop sent her to the southwestern part of ...
Nov 6, 2023 · Wulfhilda was the daughter of a Wessex nobleman named Wulfhelm. She was raised and educated by the Benedictine nuns of Wilton Abbey and joined their community when she came of age. Around 970, she was appointed as abbess of Barking Abbey by Edgar the Peaceful, most likely to "repent of his lustful pursuit of her".
