SAINT FRITHUSWITH ,ENGLISH PRINCESS BORN 650 -727 OCTOBER 19
SAINT FRITHUSWITH ,ENGLISH PRINCESS BORN 650 -727 OCTOBER 19 Saint Frithuswith[1] (c. 650 – 19 October 727; Old English: Friðuswīþ; also known as Frideswide, Frideswith, Fritheswithe, Frevisse, or simply Fris) was an English princess and abbess. She is credited with establishing a religious site later incorporated into Christ Church in Oxford – Frithuswith was the first abbess of this Oxford double monastery.[2] Frithuswith was the daughter of a Mercian sub-king named Dida of Eynsham, whose lands occupied western Oxfordshire and the upper reaches of the River Thames.[3] Dida is known to have endowed churches in Bampton and Oxford. St. Frideswide Patroness of Oxfordshire or Berkshire? Antique Print of St. Frideswide & Prince Aelfgar - © Nash Ford PublishingFrideswide, or Fritha as she was known to her family and friends, was the daughter of King Didan of Lower Mercia and his wife, Sefrida. She was born at her father's palace in Oxford in the mid seventh century, and was ...