Wihtburh (or Withburga) (died 743) was an East Anglia saint princess and abbess who was possibly a daughter of Anna of East Anglia. She founded a monastery at Dereham in Norfolk and a traditional story says that the Virgin Mary sent a pair of does to provide milk for her workers during the monastery’s construction.
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death date
0743-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 0743-03-17
death place
England, Dereham
title
Virgin; Abbess
venerated in
Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church, Catholic Church
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