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Saint Thecla of Kitzingen (Tecla of England Heilga) (died ca. 790 AD) was a Benedictine nun and abbess. Born in southern Britain Thecla was a relative of Saint Lioba. A nun of Wimborne in Dorset Thecla was sent by her abbess Tetta to Germany. Her mission was to assist St. Boniface in his missionary work there.Thecla became a nun under Lioba at Tauberbischofsheim. Later Thecla became abbess of Ochsenfurt. She subsequently became abbess of Kitzingen.