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Died c. 735. Saint Quenburga, Saint Cuthburga, and the future King Ina of Wessex were the children of Cenred, a lord of Wessex. The two sisters founded Wimborne Abbey in Dorset about 705. Although it was a double (and possibly, triple) abbey, it was intended primarily for nuns. Cuthburga was its first abbess. Wimborne was important for having produced Saints Lioba and Thecla, who were among the many religious who assisted Saint Boniface in his efforts to evangelize Germany (Farmer).


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