St. Wilfrida of Wilton, Abbess Mother of Saint Edith and Abbess of Wilton, Who Repented of a Sinful Youth and Was Tonsured by St Ethelwold of Winchester
(Wulfritha, Wulfthryth)

13 September

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Died c. 988. Commemorated also 9 September. Saint Wilfrida was a novice at the convent of Wilton when she caught the eye of the King Saint Edgar the Peaceful, who had been rejected by her cousin, Saint Wulfhilda. She became his concubine and bore his daughter, Saint Edith of Wilton, out of wedlock. Shortly after Edith's birth, she returned to Wilton with her child. There she took the veil at the hands of Saint Ethelwold. As a nun, and later as abbess, Wilfrida did penance and made ample amends for the irregularity of her liaison with Edgar (Benedictines, Farmer).


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