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Died 971. As the mother of Kings Edwy and Saint Edgar the Peaceful (f.d. July 8) and wife of King Edmund of Wessex (921-46), Saint Elgiva was the adviser and ennobler of the whole kingdom. On the death of her husband, Elgiva retired to the convent of Shaftesbury, where she ended her days and which is the centre of her cultus. William of Malmesbury praised her for her generosity, wise counsel, and the gift of prophecy. He also wrote about the miracles wrought at her intercession (Benedictines, Farmer, Gill).


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