Leofrun

Leofrun (sometimes called Leofryn^[1] or Leofrune^[2]) was the abbess of St Mildred's, Minster-in-Thanet, Kent, a Benedictine abbey for nuns.^[3]

Leofrun
Title	Abbess of St Mildred's, Minster-in-Thanet, Kent
Religious life
Religion	Catholicism
Senior posting
Based in	England
Period in office	11th century

In 1011 Leofrun was captured by the Danes, along with Ælfheah the Archbishop of Canterbury and Godwine the Bishop of Rochester after the Danes had successfully laid siege to the town of Canterbury.^[4]

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry for 1011 records that Leofrun was captured, but does not specify what her fate was. A later chronicler, John of Worcester, records the name of her house.^[2] The E and F versions of the Chronicle record her as "Abbot Leofwine", but the C and D versions have her as "Abbess Leofrun".^[5]