Mildgyth

Saint Mildgyth (or Mildgytha) (Old English: Mildgȳð) (died 676) was the youngest daughter of Merewalh, king of Mercia and Saint Eormenburh.^[1] She was the youngest sister of Saint Mildburh of Wenlock and Saint Mildrith.^[2] The three sisters have been likened to the three theological virtues: Mildburh to faith, Mildgyth to hope, and Mildrith to charity.^[3]

Saint Mildgyth
Abbess
Born	Unknown
Died	676
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Feast	17 January

She was a Benedictine nun and later abbess of a Northumbrian convent. All that is known of St Mildgytha was that she was a nun and that “miraculous powers were often exhibited” at her tomb in Northumbria.^[4] She seems to have died long before her sisters, while still quite young, which may account for so little mention of her.^[3]

Her feast day is 17 January.